• The dress dates to the late 1970s
  
• The Lillie Rubin label was the name of a chain of boutiques that sold mainly evening wear under their own label and they carried other labels as well. Pieces often had both the Lillie Rubin shop label and the designer label. So it is always a mystery when you find one with only the one label on whether or not it's by a more famous designer.
• The base fabric is a light ivory silk that is cut on the bias so that the dress drapes over you to skim and highlight your curves without having a super tight fit. 
• The bodice crosses over itself at the front and is meant to be more loose and generous in feel. I love how one side is finished in rows of sequins and beads and then the other side has a more elaborate floral beaded pattern on it.
• The waist is brought in and seamed for shape and then the rest of the dress just flows over you over you. This makes the. cut of the dress very flattering and an easy silhouette to wear.
  
• Highlighting the waist area is a wide angled panel that narrows in on one side. This is a clever detail that adds the illusion of a smaller waist. I love that the beads have been purposefully set to follow that shape.
• The dress falls to the floor from their with a slit running up one side so that when you move you get a flash of leg.
• Long vertical rows of iridescent ivory sequins have been placed so that they slightly overlap each other as they run down the length of the dress. Sitting beside each sequin row are vertical rows of ivory tube beads that are also an iridescent ivory. 
• I love how all of the extensive beads and sequins catch the light from every angle with your slightest movement.
• The arms and neckline are perfectly finished with an edged band of the same beads run in the opposite way.
• The dress is unlined and closes with a side set zipper. I see some slight stretch to a seam that I have shot for you, and there is a tiny dark mark on a couple of sequins that I also have shot for you to see.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 14" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 56" from top of shoulder to hem, with 1.5" turned under. The slit is 20.5" from the hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5452

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