Vintage 1950s Cocktail Party Dress Blue and Black Taffeta New York Fashion Size M paisley print dress The body of the dress

The body of the dress is printed with a “ghosted” pattern in an ochre colour and decorated with gold sequins in a repeating flower form motif

all given inches

The fabric is semi-transparent

and easily disguised with a bit of petroleum jelly or perhaps eliminated somehow by a leather specialist

Vintage 1950s Cocktail Party Dress Blue and Black Taffeta New York Fashion Size M paisley print dress The body of the dressThis is a fabulous early 1950s era cocktail dress made in blue taffeta with applied black cloth horizontal striping. The dress is sleeveless, has broad shoulder straps that cover the shoulder caps and a scoop neckline with centre bodice panel that emanates up and over the neckline, cut curvilinearly at the top. The waistline is defined and the side pockets are angular and jut out at the hip. The dress has a matching stole that is decorated with