1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-adele-simpson Fully lined in a high

Fully lined in a high grade white silk and close with the front buttons

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

Pink netting is overlaid with pink machine thread lace

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1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-adele-simpson Fully lined in a highCeil 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