1950s Ceil Chapman Little Black Lace Overlay Dress designer-jean-patou Bust (inner): 18" flat across

Bust (inner): 18" flat across from side seam to side seam

The full cut will allow for a variety of sizes

It closes down the front with hidden set buttons and a low handset side painted metal zip below the waist seam

Length: approx 19" from shoulder to hem

1950s Ceil Chapman Little Black Lace Overlay Dress designer-jean-patou Bust (inner): 18" flat acrossThis is an early black label Ceil Chapman and is really a wonderful example of her earlier pieces. You mostly see the later, more fitted versions from Ceil for sale out there (that wiggle dress silhouette made famous by Marilyn Monroe) but this is an earlier late 1940s, early 1950s piece and it has lots of wonderful period details. The black silk crepe skirt is cut slim and has a curving cut layer of black lace that sits over it and gives it the