1960s Oscar de la Renta Silk Chiffon Halter Dress & Cape designer-marni Made of a silk organza

Made of a silk organza that has a heavy working of gold thread worked through it in a swirling pattern on a base of golds and corals

I love the bright

She excelled at these embroidered pieces and the Art Deco inspiration she loved flourished and became one of her signatures

nipped in waist and a full skirt

From the bust down the dress flows out on an Aline with no defined waist

1960s Oscar de la Renta Silk Chiffon Halter Dress & Cape designer-marni Made of a silk organzaThis is a beautiful and romantic full length dress with a matching full length scarf or cape piece that can be worn in a variety of ways by the great American couturier Oscar de la Renta. Both pieces are constructed from a lightweight, printed silk chiffon that has a pretty floral design screened onto it's black base. I love how the silk of the cape has an extra layer of texture with its little rectangles of a more opaque pattern woven through the