1970s Glitter & Silk Gina Fratini Trained Gown designer-donald-brooks early eighties Oleg Cassini dress

early eighties Oleg Cassini dress made of a scarf weight black silk chiffon that is backed in an equally light weight black tissue silk

The dress is an overdress and has a heavy Oriental influence a la Paul Poiret with it's loose

Item# A164

A beautiful piece that was probably meant as a roe but easily could be worn as a dress now

1970s Glitter & Silk Gina Fratini Trained Gown designer-donald-brooks early eighties Oleg Cassini dressThis is a rare and stunningly beautiful Gina Fratini silk chiffon gown. It is one of the most beautiful pieces I have seen form her. She did this gown in printed silks but only a version or two was done in this glitter on silk applique technique. Silver glitter is fused onto the silk and creates a stunning geometric pattern that runs over the entire dress head to toe. The inner dress is a bias cut sheath that dips low in the back and whose train is