1960s Norman Norell Beautiful Blue Shift Dress designer-geoffrey-beene I love the chiffon bodice

I love the chiffon bodice with its pattern of dots worked into the fabric

Reference Photo: Amanda Lee Shirreffs

For some reason this completely reminds me of the gown that Grace Kelly made famous even though it is a slightly different cut

perfectly offsetting the volume at the bottom

I think it would make a dramatic and fabulous evening coat or wrap and tie it over a slip and wear it our as a dress

1960s Norman Norell Beautiful Blue Shift Dress designer-geoffrey-beene I love the chiffon bodiceChic and sophisticated, the true connoisseur of vintage cannot go long in collecting before a Norman Norell lands in her closet. His dresses are cut with a master's hand and every line and seam placed exactly where it should be. This particular dress is a classic created from a very unusual and bright color choice for Norell that makes it that much more special and I love it. It is a sleeveless wool crepe shift dress in a bright robin's egg blue. I