1980s Upcycled 1940s Renee Lewis Couture Hand Gold Embroidered Black Silk Crepe Top designer-isabelle-allard The front it cut flat

The front it cut flat and slim but beginning at the side cording the dress opens and flares out with soft pleats worked in very subtly to give that volume

Bust: no trued defined side seams

He quickly became known for his sensual designs and in particular

Skirt: 25" from back waist seam to hem

It is amazing and looks to have never been worn or worn very little

1980s Upcycled 1940s Renee Lewis Couture Hand Gold Embroidered Black Silk Crepe Top designer-isabelle-allard The front it cut flatRene Lewis is a NYC diamond jewelry designer who uses antique materials worked into modern pieces. In the late 1980s and early 1990s she did a limited clothing line that reworked vintage pieces into contemporary shapes and silhouettes. This is one of those pieces and the fabric would have originated from the 1940s. She tweaked the shape perhaps or maybe this was originally a damaged dress that she converted into a top. It is made out of a black crepe