1980s Fine Geoffrey Beene Iridescent Lace Dress designer-helena-barbieri The velvet at the top

The velvet at the top acts to make the waist virtually disappear and the illusion of a nipped in waist as contrasted by the volume o the skirt is superb

A study in dressmaking techniques it is absolutely wonderful

The bead work is very heavy and 3D

Pockets on either side

1980s Fine Geoffrey Beene Iridescent Lace Dress designer-helena-barbieri The velvet at the topThis dress is just divine. Really one of the best cocktail dresses from this period I have had. The workmanship is very fine and it is surprisingly light weight it is made of a fine, fine metallic lace and lined in nothing but a nude colored silk so it feels like air once on. The lace that makes up the exterior is beautiful it is a fine chocolate colored lace, whose threads have been treated or coated with an iridescent metallic sheen that in the