1950s Lace & Silk Parnes Feinstein Dress designer-balenciaga Reference Photos: Nina Ricci Ad

Reference Photos: Nina Ricci Ad

Fully lined in a custom tie dye silk and closes with a back zipper

I love the classic billowing sleeves and easy feel to it

A stylized black art deco pattern in black seed beads add extra detailing to this dramatic trim

Additionally he has chose a silk that has a fine stripe worked through it so you get this subtle secondary texture feel which is quite beautiful

1950s Lace & Silk Parnes Feinstein Dress designer-balenciaga Reference Photos: Nina Ricci AdThis is a lovely and feminine little strapless dress in a pearl or champagne colored silk with pretty lace details. There was no label in the dress but luckily the matching fabric belt was stamped with its Parnes Feinstein label so the designer of the dress is known. The Feinstein label began in 1948 and I suspect that this dress was made just a few years into that, perhaps in the early fifties. You can see the influence of both the 40s and the "New