c.1968 Early Oscar de la Renta for Jane Derby Silk Dress designer-bob-mackie Bodice: 54" from neck to

Bodice: 54" from neck to hem

Its really a fab color - a deep rusty with pretty little yellow and blue flowers sprinkled all over it

The fabric is gathered in a formed high bodice with little straps

The edge of the top is peaked dramatically and then plunges into a deep V

Tagged a 42 but please check actual measurements

c.1968 Early Oscar de la Renta for Jane Derby Silk Dress designer-bob-mackie Bodice: 54" from neck toWe had an Oscar dress a couple of years back that we successfully dated based on a piece held at The Met and this dress has the same collar detail as that so I am sure it is also from the 1968 time period. That clue along with the early Oscar for Jane Derby label pretty much make it a shut case. Just before Oscar de la Renta went off on his own and opened his own atelier, he spent three years as the head designer at the Jane Derby company. He actually