1950s Mr John Couture Black Crepe Shift Dress and Jacket Caberet_dress 4cms / 23"

4cms / 23"

It has an absolutely timeless quality about it - so much so that we are struggling to date it

completing the aesthetic

with plenty of stretch

1950s Mr John Couture Black Crepe Shift Dress and Jacket Caberet_dress 4cms / 23"This two in one little black dress and jacket is by Mr John, a celebrated American couturier and one of the foremost milliners of the 20th century; his most famous costume designs being those made for Vivien Leigh in "Gone with the Wind," Marlene Dietrich in "Shanghai Express," Greta Garbo in "The Painted Veil" and Marilyn Monroe in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes." Among the fashionable women who wore his designs were the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria