Rare 1950s Gustave Tassel Golden Silk Dress & Jacket designer-ted-lapidus Fully lined in black silk

Fully lined in black silk - a silk crepe through the bodice and silk organza through the skirt

The skirt on this is absolutely breathtaking and is why my eye gravitated to it

Strong and wearable condition

It is gathered on one side so you get a mile of leg showing

Rare 1950s Gustave Tassel Golden Silk Dress & Jacket designer-ted-lapidus Fully lined in black silkThis is a very rare, museum quality example of Gustave Tassell, who was one of the great American Couturiers. Example of his work are extremely hard to come by and most are only found in museum collections. For those not familiar with his work, Tassell won a Coty Award in 1962, was worn by Jacqueline Kennedy and designed for the house of Norell when Normal Norell died. This piece predates his work for Norell and is from one of his earlier collections.