1960s Mr Blackwell Gold Metallic Lurex Dot Organza Dress designer-ossie-clark Fully lined in tan goatskin

Fully lined in tan goatskin

The jacket slips on and ties at the front

The dress hangs sleek and slim when you are still and then can flare quit dramatically with a twirl since there is a deceptive amount of fabric in there

This sometimes happened during this time period as different design houses would sometimes shop at the same fabric mills and did not always get exclusives

1960s Mr Blackwell Gold Metallic Lurex Dot Organza Dress designer-ossie-clark Fully lined in tan goatskinRichard Blackwell launched his line in the late 1950s and even then his dress sold for between $800 and $1000 (or up to $10,000 in the modern terns). He dressed many of the stars of the day including Jane Russell, Dorothy Lamour and Jayne Mansfield. Here we have a piece from the 1960s done in a combination of a darker brown chiffon organza and a gold lurex thread that has been applied to the organza in a series of circles that cover the dress from tip