Museum Held 1971 John Kloss Beaded "Black Swan" Dress designer-fred-perlberg The silk is an almost

The silk is an almost gunmetal grey

The front has a soft and romantic capelet feel to it with a notched neckline and soft draped fabric that comes out from the waist and drapes over the bust

Top stitched seams and hand finished

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and glitter-shot fabric

Museum Held 1971 John Kloss Beaded "Black Swan" Dress designer-fred-perlberg The silk is an almostThe near twin of this dress is held at The Metropolitan Museum which enables us to exactly date it. The difference between the one in The Met's collection and this one is that this one is opaque top to bottom so even though it would have originally been intended as lingerie piece you can easily wear it out as a dress now. I also have found a photo of the exact twin of the dress from the December issue of Vogue that year. The vast majority of John