This gown is formed for the last word BOMBSHELL, it’s one from my Hollywood wardrobe assortment and its matches this kind like a glove displaying all the proper curves! It’s a heavy made piece as most costumes have been throughout this era with quite a few layers of cloth and stiffeners, it has a tremendous formed bust that’s made to point out beneficiant cleavage and the gown is just not clipped and presents as photographed. It’s encrusted with 1000s of prong set rhinestones and shell based mostly pearls and glass beads to each the entrance and rear together with the shoulder straps. it has further petticoats beneath in matching material for good form and does as much as the tremendous plunge rear with a big metallic zipper and metallic hook. I have no idea which film this gown has been worn in and haven’t had the time to undertake the analysis to slender it down nevertheless I can say that it has come from a Paramount wardrobe that contained a number of robes/clothes that have been worn for publicity photographs by film stars similar to Natalie Wooden and Jane Mansfield so I might assume that somebody of significance would have worn this gown. Sadly this gown is just not in good situation and requires some consideration, so in case you are in search of perfection I might not advocate this gown. Flaws embrace silk to underarm space torn (no staining) nevertheless that is hidden by the various layers of cloth, there are a number of areas the place the beads are coming unfastened which accompanying unfastened threads which could possibly be simply tidied I couldn’t see any bald areas of labor which stands out to the attention. There’s a tear to the centre bust which requires reinforcement and there are nude aspect panels to the gown which seems to have been put in both as reinforcement or to form it for proper match, you would bead these and they might look a deal with, different then that I’ve not cleaned this gown and it stays in its unique situation, I do that because of the nature of the provenance within the occasion it has been worn by somebody vital. The gown is just not labeled and has no staining that I can see and could possibly be worn as is which some consideration to points famous above. It’s a heavy gown which is mirrored within the worth. The gown measures bust 34 inches, waist 26 inches and hips 36 inches and is 44 inches lengthy to the rear.