Rare 1980s Jan Faulkner Hand Made Blue Suede Mini Dress & Matching Belt
- Jan Faulkner is a leather artist who began her career about 30 years ago. This is an early piece of her work from the 1980s
- It is made out of a brilliant blue suede that has been dyed to the colour that you see.
- The suede is almost certainly deer skin as it is extremely soft and supple
- It has the big padded shoulders so common from the 1980s and these could easily be removed if you wanted a softer look. It slips over the head and is meant to be full and easy through the body.
- It comes with a matching belt that ties with a gold braided cord. You can wrap the belt around the lower hip or the waist. The belt is reversible with blue suede on one side and gold on the other.
- The sleeves are long and very full where they insert into the dress and then they narrow down slightly to the cuff.
- The entire dress has fringes made out of hand cut strips of the same suede. These are inserted and hand tied into the suede.
- Gold beads mixed with gold toned round beads are set scattered over the dress and also onto the fringes. More circle around the wide cut neck.
- It is meant to be worn oversized and if you cinch in the waist it becomes very short and can to be worn as an ultra mini or tunic.
- It slips over the head to wear with no closures.
- There is fading on end of the blue side of the belt and across the top of each shoulder. Otherwise excellent condition.
Sleeves: approx 25" and are 19" around the upper arm
Dropped shoulders: the seams drop well down the top of the arm so there is no true defined seam for the shoulder
Bust: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 30" from neck to hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-LRG
Item# DD5488
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