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Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back
Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back

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Documented Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Brown Printed Floral Velvet & Beaded Dress w Train & Plunge Back

Richard Tyler was the designer to wear in the 1990s and early 2000s. He won the Council of Fashion Designers of America New Talent award in 1993. In 1994 and 1995 he won the Council's Womenswear Designer of the Year award. Julia Roberts, Janet Jackson, and Sigourney Weaver were just a few of the stars who loved his work and his dresses made regular appearances on the red carpet. He was known for his impeccable tailoring and finishes and at the time employed some of the best tailor and seamstresses in the business. 

This dress is fabulous and I love having its full provenance to share with you. It made its debut on the Fall 2004 runway. That version did not have the bead work across the back. Then Marcia Cross was nominated for Best Performance in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy, for her role as Bree Van Kamp in Desperate Housewives. The series itself was also nominated for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy, which they won. She had Richard custom make this dress for her and it was fitted with more inner structure and had the bead work added across the back. The dress was later auctioned off in a charity auction which is where my client obtained it. 

The dress is made from a printed velvet in a deep chocolate and is completely cut on the bias. The flowers are a muted copper gold tone and they catch the light beautifully as you move. It is incredibly soft and drapes like a dream. The front plunges low to just under the bust. Each cup softly drapes over the inner structure and then curves up and over the shoulders. It is set wide across so you see the collar bones and it creates a lovely line. Under the waist the velvet is gathered and that band of gathering is set on a curve that comes out from the waist and curves up to meet the plunge. The dress then skims over the waist under that and then flares out and widens as it nears the hem. The back is caught up just below the neck with a button and then it drapes over the back to the waist leaving a bare expanse of skin showing in the opening between. There is a beaded panel that goes across the back that holds everything place and adds a pretty detailing. This dips right to the waist and then the skirt falls to the floor and extends well past to create the dramatic trained effect that you see. My client did not end up ever wearing it so it only would have been worn the one time on the red carpet and for the charity auction. It is amazing and a wonderful piece of award show history. Excellent condition 

Fllu lined in a bias cut silk and has a built in inner bodice for support. The dress has no tags as it was custom made for Marcia. It closes with a hidden set side zipper and the inner bra hooks to close attaching to the beaded strap across the back. You could switch out the inner bra for a larger one if needed

Bust: the strap of the inner bra will go from 28" to 31" and the cups are about an A-B I think. Without the bra the bust is approx x 18'5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 64" from top of shoulder to front hem, 90" to the longest point of the back 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD3877

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Fall 2004 Richard Tyler Runway Collection.  /  (4) A model wearing Richard Tyler walks the runway at the Fashion Forward Fundraiser in LA, June 2004.  /  (5-9) Marcia Cross, in Richard Tyler, at the Golden Globe Awards, 2005.

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