1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-adele-simpson It's only true flaw is

It's only true flaw is that at some point someone has taken down the hem to get more length and it has it original ribbon finish serving as its hem line now

Teeny areas of very faint foxing along the hem but this does not show when on or deter and is only mentioned for accuracy

The cut of both pieces are wonderful

fine silk with the sleeves left unlined

Pink netting is overlaid with pink machine thread lace

1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-adele-simpson It's only true flaw isCeil Chapman was an American designer of classic cocktail and party dresses who successfully took the revered Christian Dior "New Look" haute couture designs that most woman could not even hope to afford and reworked them into designs that American woman could attain. She won the Coty American Fashion Critic's Award in 1945, the John Wanamaker Award, Foley's "Golden Year" Award, and the Strawbridge and Clothier seal of confidence, for creative