Dated 1960 Sophie Gimbel Attr Saks 5th Ave Soutache & Silk Dress designer-sybil-connolly such as her best-selling dress

such as her best-selling dress known simply by its style number '73/44'

Signed gilt metal "Buddha" figures atop art glass faux jade cabochons

Total length: 50" from the top of the bodice to bottom hem

This is really a remarkable twenties textile

Onto this are bold stars done with hand applied glossy black bugle beads

Dated 1960 Sophie Gimbel Attr Saks 5th Ave Soutache & Silk Dress designer-sybil-connolly such as her best-selling dressThis wonderful little black dress is from the time period that Sophie Gimbel was designing the Saks in house ready to wear line and her pieces were very expensive. Most of the custom pieces like this one, had extraordinary little details and were extremely well made. This dress does not have a Sophie designated tag but it does have its custom order tag which also conveniently dates it exactly for us: 9 30 60. It is almost certainly a Sophie design and