1960s Gene Shelley Pale Ice Blue Silk Dress w Silver Sequins & Beads 1920s and Antique ones worn by women of

ones worn by women of a certain age

The fabric used for the exterior of this one of a kind day to evening clutch was taken from a very unique piece - the dress it was salvaged from was an original 1940s dress made of a cut out cotton

Its a little sleeker in feel an the colour feels more elevated to me

25" D x 7" H + a 2" fringe on the bottom

April 1971

1960s Gene Shelley Pale Ice Blue Silk Dress w Silver Sequins & Beads 1920s and Antique ones worn by women ofIn its heyday the Gene Shelly of California label was highly sought after. The label was doing some of the best of the early sequinned vintage pieces that you could find anywhere on the planet. All of the sequin work that covers this dress was done by hand in Hong Kong on American manufactured fabric. The company would send the fabric to be hand sequinned and beaded. After that was done the fabric would be sent back to California where the dresses