1980s Fine Geoffrey Beene Iridescent Lace Dress designer-guy-laroche The bodice is boned and

The bodice is boned and it closes with a series of tightly spaced buttons up the back

Its the only one I have ever come across in this amazing color combination and most are just not truly a great candidate to cross over into regular wear - this one is

There are a couple of tiny repairs in the skirt but you really don't see them because of the amount of fabric and swing cut unless it is laid out flat

The pants are flat fronted and fully lined with a defined waist

1980s Fine Geoffrey Beene Iridescent Lace Dress designer-guy-laroche The bodice is boned andThis 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