Built with internal structure so it will never hang straight. It is maxed out on my mannequin, shouldn’t go any larger and will go up to 2 sizes smaller.

Not new and with a half dozen spots where silk is abraded – not holes but shows evidence of past friction. Only visible when held to the light.

Laid flat this is 50” around at the underarms and hips and approximately 48” long. But Dame Viv has taken the tie belt and attached at the center back and at the front button plackets so it hangs wildly twisted.

Because of the beautiful silk, I had planned to detach the belt and have an Eskandar like shirt dress, completely feasible. But it’s art, and that comes first.

I provide all this information so that you can get it and love it, so I hope you use it. Please ask any questions – that helps me write better listings.

The sewing form measures 38-30-39, FYI.

I am not a professional seller. I do this because I am weak and must have money for shopping. So please check your measurements and understand that I hope to avoid returns – tho I certainly will accept them, and, unless if I've really made a mistake in the factual portion of the description, I will ask you to share the shipping costs. I avoid future relations with people who send things back worn or because they didn’t read the description.

Please keep in mind that eBay keeps up to 20 percent of each purchase for letting me – and you – use this wondrous platform. And that the post office doesn’t ship free for me or eBay; eBay promotes promising it because people think they’re getting a deal with ‘free shipping.’

I also shop here on eBay and try to behave like so many of the great sellers and buyers I've had the privilege and good luck to deal with.