Incredible 1970s Mollie Parnis Ivory Silk Moire Halter Dress w Matching Feather Trim Jacket designer-marni This leaves the back fairly

This leaves the back fairly bare

The dress buckles behind the neck and drops in a wide swoop from there

Fully lined in a black silk and closes with a back hidden set zipper

Where the jumpsuit is unlined through the upper bodice and sleeves you really see how you get a glimpse of the skin under the silk and where it is lined it gibes just a suggestion of the body and from a distance you are not sure there is something under it or not

It looks virtually unworn otherwise

Incredible 1970s Mollie Parnis Ivory Silk Moire Halter Dress w Matching Feather Trim Jacket designer-marni This leaves the back fairlyMollie Parnis is one of my favorite American designers. She was known for having dressed numerous first ladies and her dresses regularly appeared in Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, and Vanity Fair. She started a label with her husband in 1933 called Parnis Livingston Inc. and she quickly became know for her quality, fit and use of very good fabrics. She had a particular talent in dressing woman of every age and designed pieces that suited her older clients in