VINTAGE 1940s BLACK VELVET & MOIRE TAFFETA LONG FULL LENGTH & FULL SKIRT DRESSY FORMAL EVENING WEAR GOWN DRESS MADE BY DANSANT ORIGINALS.  THE LIGHTING MAKES SOME OF THE PICTURES APPEAR TO HAVE BLACK VELVET AND BLUE TAFFETA, BUT THE ENTIRE DRESS IS BLACK.  PHOTO #3 SHOWS THE 'RIPPLED WATER' PATTERN WHICH MAKES IT MOIRE TAFFETA..  BLACK BODICE IS GATHERED INTO THE CENTER AND WIDE SHOULDER STRAPS ACCENT A SMALL WAISTLINE.  THE FULL TAFFETA SKIRT HAS TWO BANDS OF VELVET GOING HORIZONTALLY AROUND.  THERE IS A LONG ZIPPER IN THE BACK THAT WORKS WELL.  THE SKIRT IS FULL--THE HEM OF THE DRESS RUNS 140" AROUND THE BOTTOM.  THE DRESS IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION.  THE ONLY THING I SEE IS THAT BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE ZIPPER NEEDS TO BE RESEWN ABOUT 2".  AN EASY FIX.  THIS COULD BE WORN FOR MANY TYPES OF FORMAL OCCASIONS.  IT WAS ORIGINALLY WORN TO PLAY IN AN ORCHESTRA.  I WOULD SAY THIS IS A SMALL SIZE.

MEASUREMENTS:

BUST   32"

WAIST   24"

TOP OF SHOULDER TO WAISTLINE   16"

TOP OF SHOULDER TO HEM   56"