Late 1970s Oleg Cassini Extensively Beaded & Panelled Skirt Black Silk Chiffon Dress designer-rosie-assoulin This fabric tends to show

This fabric tends to show very slight creases where it bends where worn and these are lightly apparent through the waist area

The textile itself is just beyond amazing - it is hand woven silk and the high quality and beauty of the design is breathtaking

Its spectacular - really a work of art

Bodice 12" from neck to front center waist seam

Late 1970s Oleg Cassini Extensively Beaded & Panelled Skirt Black Silk Chiffon Dress designer-rosie-assoulin This fabric tends to showI think our modern world forgets just how important Oleg Cassini was as a designer in his heyday. From his first film in 1941 he was responsible for many of the best looks on film, dressing stars like Rita Hayworth, Gene Tierney (who he married), Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Lana Turner and the list goes on and on. In 1952, he opened his own fashion house on Seventh Avenue. By 1961 he was appointed by Jacqueline Kennedy as her exclusive couturier.