1960s Mr Blackwell Gold Metallic Lurex Dot Organza Dress designer-scott-barrie The sleeves are also left

The sleeves are also left so your skin peeks through

I do not consider this to be a flaw and any tiny areas only add to the patina of this outstanding gown

This dress feels like it could have just stepped off the runway today with the recent influx of sheer cutouts and designs made to show off everything

It has a silk interior over which a lace net has been applied and then looped gold detailed ribbon swirled over

1960s Mr Blackwell Gold Metallic Lurex Dot Organza Dress designer-scott-barrie The sleeves are also leftRichard Blackwell launched his line in the late 1950s and even then his dress sold for between $800 and $1000 (or up to $10,000 in the modern terns). He dressed many of the stars of the day including Jane Russell, Dorothy Lamour and Jayne Mansfield. Here we have a piece from the 1960s done in a combination of a darker brown chiffon organza and a gold lurex thread that has been applied to the organza in a series of circles that cover the dress from tip