Rare 1950s Sophie Gimbel of Saks Fifth Avenue Black Silk Ribbed Textured Dress z-archive-pinks A curving design is made

A curving design is made of blue and silver-blue metallic thread made into a cut work applique that is then sewn onto a nude netting

Kelly was the first black American designer to be voted into the governing body of the French fashion industry

The dress retails its tags

This gives the dress this fantastic and extravagant detail as you walked away

A ring of paste rhinestones are applied directly to the fabric and this turns into the centre tassel

Rare 1950s Sophie Gimbel of Saks Fifth Avenue Black Silk Ribbed Textured Dress z-archive-pinks A curving design is madeThis wonderful little black dress is from the time period that Sophie Gimbel was designing the Saks in house ready to wear line. Her pieces were very expensive and she was known as being one of the best designers in America. Most were as close to demi couture as one could get at this time and like this one, had extraordinary little details and were extremely well made. Sophie worked at Saks from 1931 through to 1969 and the label on this one dates it