Fall 2002 Oscar de la Renta Runway Look 50 Deep Purple Silk Dress w Hand Applied Patchwork designer-estevez All of the seaming on

All of the seaming on the dress is done to give a nod to the fantastic seaming of the twenties and thirties

Inner waist: 16

One side on the neckline snaps to close

The two original pink raw silk hand made bags that the skirt and tops were delivered in are included and the entire ensemble comes in its original raw silk covered box

For its age and the age of the ties its pretty fabulous

Fall 2002 Oscar de la Renta Runway Look 50 Deep Purple Silk Dress w Hand Applied Patchwork designer-estevez All of the seaming onThe near twin of this dress walked the Fall 2002 runway for Look 50 in the collection. It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta. Photos from a Moroccan open air market were projected onto the stagefront and this is what set the tone for the show that season. In the review of the collection that year Vogue commented; 'There was a whiff of far flung exoticism throughout the collection almost every outfit got a touch of spice via