This STUNNING late 1950’s Gene Shelly designer dress is in a class of its own, always fully-beaded by hand and fit to flatter the figure with the soft wool base in a stretchy curve hugging set on the bias knit. This little number is truly eye catching with her black sequins, and a lush Fox fur trim. This beauty is a perfect mix of elegance and seduction that Gene Shelly is known for. This is the type of garment celebrity vixens, like Marilyn Monroe, made infamous. Timeless and a rare find in a perfect modern size. Old Hollywood Glam.

Wonderful condition

In its heyday the Gene Shelly of California label was a must have. Gene Shelly dresses are amazing and they are some of the best of the early sequinned vintage pieces that you can find. All of the sequin work that covers this dress was done by hand in Hong Kong on American manufactured knit. The company would send the stretch wool fabric to be hand beaded or sequinned to Hong Kong. The fabric was then sent back to the US and the dresses were made in California. At the time, Hong Kong was doing the best sequin and bead work in the world outside of the specialty ateliers in Paris. Having the bead work down there actually helped keep the cost down though the dresses were still fairly expensive. Full length pieces cost around $600 dollars in the early 1960s - which is the equivalent of about $4700 in current USD

Bust 34-42”. Waist 28-34”. Hip 38-46”. Length 40”. Fox fur width 6”

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