Extraordinary 1920s Evening Velvet & Feather Flapper Coat Cape designer-ruben-panis Fantastic early piece in easy

Fantastic early piece in easy to style basic black

Self lined and well finished interior

Waist: 14 " flat across from side seam to side seam at bottom of inner corset which ends at waist seam

This is a beautifully constructed Pauline Trigere dress in an interesting puffed silk brocade fabric that is a pale ice blue

This piece predates his work for Norell and is from the period between 1959-1972 when he was running his own couture house

Extraordinary 1920s Evening Velvet & Feather Flapper Coat Cape designer-ruben-panis Fantastic early piece in easyThis cape is utterly amazing and a true work of art. It has a hand stenciled pattern of leaves running through the black silk velvet that gives it the feel of the work that masters like Fortuny and Gallenga were doing at the time. I have actually always wondered about the true origins of this cape it does have a label but the label is that of a departments store Dey Borthers and co that originally opened in 1894. I have seen very similar pieces by