1920s Colorful Beaded Silk Flapper Dress designer-geoffrey-beene The silk cream is a

The silk cream is a good heavy weight and pristine

Flat wide pleats are worked into each side and soft rounded pleats sit at the back but the front is left flat - this really keeps it form being overwhelming when worn

this extravagant full length skirt by Yves Saint Laurent is perfection

Oscar loved this technique during this time period and these pieces always seem to me to have a bit of a mystical eastern allure to them

Fully lined in a pale green muslin it closes with a back painted zipper

1920s Colorful Beaded Silk Flapper Dress designer-geoffrey-beene The silk cream is aReally wonderful beaded flapper has a stunning and unusual combination of colors. The base is a heavy sueded silk that is remarkably sound. The color is a deep deep navy so deep it is almost black. Onto this is a stunning beaded design. It is made of thousands of tiny glass beads and these are unusual in that they are painted in a variety of colors that have a faint metallic sheen to them. Pinks and bright blues mix with deep olives and coppers. The