Museum Held 1971 John Kloss Beaded "Black Swan" Dress designer-fred-perlberg Top stitched seams and hand

Top stitched seams and hand finished

Each shoulder is ruched and gathered and then sleeves has a slight kimono-esque feel to them

This is an incredible dress that would be from when Marc Bohan was head of the Dior atelier

The silk is an almost gunmetal grey

Using two fabrics for maximum drama and impact we have a solid chocolate silk on the top and that fabulous gold lame for the skirt

Museum Held 1971 John Kloss Beaded "Black Swan" Dress designer-fred-perlberg Top stitched seams and handThe near twin of this dress is held at The Metropolitan Museum which enables us to exactly date it. The difference between the one in The Met's collection and this one is that this one is opaque top to bottom so even though it would have originally been intended as lingerie piece you can easily wear it out as a dress now. I also have found a photo of the exact twin of the dress from the December issue of Vogue that year. The vast majority of John