Iconic Fall 1989 Geoffrey Beene Heavily Documented Backless Jersey Dress designer-geoffrey-beene has its original matching silk

has its original matching silk chiffon tie belt

Saint Laurent’s ‘city pants

This is done so that she could put the pleats running horizontally in contrast to the ones underneath

Both the front and back are plunged and scooped

Look 7 from the runway was a very different dress but did have similar bead work on the skirt so I have included that here as a reference

Iconic Fall 1989 Geoffrey Beene Heavily Documented Backless Jersey Dress designer-geoffrey-beene has its original matching silkThe twin of this Geoffrey Beene dress was showcased in the Met Museum's exhibit 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashiont' and that dress resides in their permanent collection. This was already one of his most iconic dresses and it is now even more so after the exhibit and being included in the accompanying book. The dress is heavily documented and was photoed extensively the year that it debuted. It is an extraordinary dress The cut of the dress is so