1980s Upcycled 1940s Renee Lewis Couture Hand Gold Embroidered Black Silk Crepe Top designer-isabelle-allard It is always hard to

It is always hard to convey all the detail when shooting a black dress but when you see it in person I think you will be very pleased

It is very well documented both then and now as a slew of famous women have worn one

Bust: no trued defined side seams

The Starry Night headpiece is one of nine distinct

The front it cut flat and slim but beginning at the side cording the dress opens and flares out with soft pleats worked in very subtly to give that volume

1980s Upcycled 1940s Renee Lewis Couture Hand Gold Embroidered Black Silk Crepe Top designer-isabelle-allard It is always hard toRene Lewis is a NYC diamond jewelry designer who uses antique materials worked into modern pieces. In the late 1980s and early 1990s she did a limited clothing line that reworked vintage pieces into contemporary shapes and silhouettes. This is one of those pieces and the fabric would have originated from the 1940s. She tweaked the shape perhaps or maybe this was originally a damaged dress that she converted into a top. It is made out of a black crepe