Exceptional 1970s George Stavropoulos Couture Black Silk & Bias Cut Dress w Balloon Sleeves & Flowing Skirt designer-biba The sequin and bead work

The sequin and bead work cover every inch of the dress with just little bits of the fabric underneath left to show to highlight the design

Caroline Vreeland wore that version for her wedding reception and between seeing that and the look on the runway and in the presentation you really can see how fabulous this dress is once on the body

I see a tiny run on the fabric near the side at the front and an even smaller one a little ways up from that

Each is cut wide and straight so that you get a really long lean line and each ends in a little turned up cuff

The net has a touch of transparency to it and sits over a nude silk lingerie netting through the bodice and then has an ivory underlay for the skirt

Exceptional 1970s George Stavropoulos Couture Black Silk & Bias Cut Dress w Balloon Sleeves & Flowing Skirt designer-biba The sequin and bead workGeorge Stavropoulos was known for his evening wear and his signature looks often involved draping and the use of silk done on a bias cut. He focused on cut and fabric to convey the beauty of each piece. It was said that his gowns 'seemed to float on air'. He launched his label in 1960 and soon was dressing women like Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy, Barbra Streisand and Maria Callas. The majority of his gowns are almost entirely made by hand and to