1960s Gene Shelly Gold Sequin w Paillette Detailing Stretch Knit Dress designer-philip-hulitar Finished to demi-couture standards

Finished to demi-couture standards

Item# C219

The silk is scarf weight so the dress weighs virtually nothing

hand set painted zipper with hook & eye at the waist band

the pleated silk has a corded silk drawstring at the neck

1960s Gene Shelly Gold Sequin w Paillette Detailing Stretch Knit Dress designer-philip-hulitar Finished to demi-couture standardsIn 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