1970s Numbered Ted Lapidus Dress designer-chloe The skirt is bias cut

The skirt is bias cut and the super short for lots of leg to show

narrow shoulders and a bodice that skims over the body widen to a full

I love the little cuffed sleeves and the turned down collar

From the shoulders to below the hip the fabric has been done in wide flat pleats to create some shape and detail - this is especially apparent at the back and I love the lines it creates

with a hidden hook & eye at he back of the neck above a slit keyhole

1970s Numbered Ted Lapidus Dress designer-chloe The skirt is bias cutGreat late seventies, early eighties Lapidus dress that marries the glitzy Studio 54 effect with the craze for menswear through the great velvet accented tuxedo feeling collar. The dress is made of a black silk chiffon with metallic black threading woven through the fabric in a snakeskin pattern. It is cut loose and easy and has a matching fabric belt so you can cinch in the waist The front buttons entirely open so it can be made to plunge or show as