Iconic Fall 1989 Geoffrey Beene Heavily Documented Backless Jersey Dress designer-geoffrey-beene This runs down each sleeve

This runs down each sleeve with long slim panels of open work embroidery running the length of each sleeve

Both the front and back are plunged and scooped

This is done so that she could put the pleats running horizontally in contrast to the ones underneath

There is a small area on the from near the hem where the fabric feels like it had tape on it at one point and it has left a mark

It slips on and ties at the neck

Iconic Fall 1989 Geoffrey Beene Heavily Documented Backless Jersey Dress designer-geoffrey-beene This runs down each sleeveThe twin of this Geoffrey Beene dress was showcased in the Met Museum's exhibit 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashiont' and that dress resides in their permanent collection. This was already one of his most iconic dresses and it is now even more so after the exhibit and being included in the accompanying book. The dress is heavily documented and was photoed extensively the year that it debuted. It is an extraordinary dress The cut of the dress is so