vintage 1950s Ceil Chapman cocktail dress silk satin ballet neck XS - S snake print Mexican dancing pattern

Mexican dancing pattern

Diagonal neckline with white raglan poets sleeve of double layer acetate blend- wonderful weight and a bit of sheen

Panel construction through the lines up perfectly with the corresponding skirt seams

hard black

Wool blend outer is thick and warm - assumed alpaca content given the length and texture

vintage 1950s Ceil Chapman cocktail dress silk satin ballet neck XS - S snake print Mexican dancing patternStunning black silk satin Ceil Chapman cocktail dress, circa early 1950s vintage. Ballet neck. Raglan sleeves are long and lean, with four domed buttons and loops at the undersides of the wrists. Seamed bodice with cleverly pleated slash pockets at an angle along the upper hips. Skirt shape is straight and falls to about lower knees; there is a back bustle detail with pleating from the buttocks to the hem lined in stiff fabric. Covered zip up the back