Resort 2009 Romantic Oscar De La Renta Black Lace Dress designer-donald-brooks unstretched to about 20"

unstretched to about 20"

The bodice is a sleek and simple expanse of silk satin that is cut and seamed to nip in at the waist and is highlighted there by a "knot effect"

A exquisite coral cabochon set item with handworked yellow gold modernist setting

pearls etc

Resort 2009 Romantic Oscar De La Renta Black Lace Dress designer-donald-brooks unstretched to about 20"This dress was Look 44 on the 2009 Resort Runway Collection. At the time, Oscar quoted to Style. com "It's a very happy collection", and indeed it was, filled with spectacular pieces like this. The dress is a sleeveless shift style dress fashioned from sheer layers of black and nude silk chiffon with top layers of black silk tulle. The outer layer is a black tulle outer with a fabulous applique of square black "sequins" mixed with squares of layered