1950s Early Ceil Chapman Bustle Gown designer-luis-estevez This piece definitely gets the

This piece definitely gets the mod touch with high placed tiny top pockets on the breast and lean lines

Bust: 22" flat across the inside back from side seam to side seam

You can just picture this dress styled with high boots and a wide brimmed Yves Saint Laurent hat and in the pages of Vogue back in its day

Bodice: 37" from neck to hem

Full lined in a white silk organza and closes with a back painted metal zipper

1950s Early Ceil Chapman Bustle Gown designer-luis-estevez This piece definitely gets theExtremely early, unusual gown in rustling silk taffeta from Ceil Chapman. This is a stunning and unusual piece and if you collect or are looking to make a dramatic statement this is the dress! The fabric has a moire pattern running through it an it is actually astonishing how much yardage s in that skirt! The skirt is an unusual shape it scoops up at the front so you get a flash of leg and then curves down and back. Yards and yards of silk are in that