1940s Unlabeled Spectacular Floral Printed Brown Silk Swing Dress designer-la-mendola Inside is a boned bodice

Inside is a boned bodice that closes with a series of inner hooks to hold the dress in place

This suit appeared in the February issue of French Vogue

The skirt is lined in a red tissue silk and the top unlined

Inside I see some shattering to the silk near the top edge of the bodice and at the top of the boning pockets

The dress is a single tube of that slinky black

1940s Unlabeled Spectacular Floral Printed Brown Silk Swing Dress designer-la-mendola Inside is a boned bodiceThis is one of those absolutely beautiful printed silk dresses that you can only find from the 1940s. It was definitely stored properly for all these years because the colors in the print are as crisp and vibrant as the day it was made. The base of the dress is a deep chocolate brown and then onto this are beautiful sprigs of flowers that have the feel of being hand painted onto the fabric, even though they are of course screened on. The cut is fitted