Outstanding Fall 2010 Alexander McQueen Gray Scale Print Silk Dress w Caped Sleeves & Trained Skirt z-archive-1950s Rare and in excellent condition

Rare and in excellent condition with just a hint of patina to the hardware

Ceil Chapman was an American designer of classic cocktail and party dresses who successfully took the revered Christian Dior "New Look" haute couture designs that most woman could not even hope to afford and reworked them into designs that American woman could attain

The sash ties at the waist (and the dress looks equally well without it if you prefer it that way)

demi-couture RTW really

Total length: approximately 57" from top of natural shoulder to hem

Outstanding Fall 2010 Alexander McQueen Gray Scale Print Silk Dress w Caped Sleeves & Trained Skirt z-archive-1950s Rare and in excellent conditionThis is an outstanding production dress from the Fall 2010 collection. It was made under the creative direction of Alexander McQueen. At first glance it feels very much in line with what he was doing for 2007 with his castle fairy prints. For this collection he visited upon graphic black and grey scale prints once again. We did find a photo from the 2010 look book that shows a shorter similar version of the dress. Just to give you an idea of how the