1970s Stephen Burrows Hand Beaded Red Jersey Halter Dress designer-frank-usher Waist to Hips: open

Waist to Hips: open

This piece is just that as it is from the 1945-1950 time period when he worked for Elizabeth Arden's design salon and on top of being rare is exceptionally beautiful

The cut will allow for a variety of sizes with the waist sitting lower on a smaller girl

The shoulders are strong but not yet padded as they would be in the forties and the silk velvet and excessive draping are hold-overs from the excess of the twenties

Fully lined in a matching green tissue silk that is all hand set

1970s Stephen Burrows Hand Beaded Red Jersey Halter Dress designer-frank-usher Waist to Hips: openThis is an amazing example of Stephen Burrows work and it feels as relevant today as it would have when it was made. The dress is made of a fine, slinky red jersey that is suspended from two tiny straps at the shoulder and falls from there in a beautiful bias cut that and ends with an angled, asymmetrical hem that leaves one leg more bare. The edges of the dress are finished in his signature lettuce hem seaming. It is the bodice that is truly