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EVENING GOWNS: PROM DRESSES, COCKTAIL PARTY, FORMALS

THESE DRESSES SEEM ESPECIALLY WELL SUITED FOR PARTIES, PROMS, COCKTAIL PARTIES, AND FORMAL OCCASIONS. SOME OF THESE GOWNS MAY BE SUITABLE FOR A MOTHER OF THE BRIDE OR A MAID OF HONOR IN A VINTAGE WEDDING. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL OUR ITEMS ARE CLEAN AND IN WEARABLE CONDITION. ANY FLAWS WILL BE MENTIONED, BUT MOST THINGS WE OFFER ARE IN VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT SHAPE. WE HAVE SPENT YEARS COLLECTING AND EDITING IN ORDER TO OFFER YOU ONLY THE VERY FINEST IN VINTAGE CLOTHING. DON'T FORGET TO LOOK IN OUR OTHER CATEGORIES FOR OLDER FANCY DRESSES SUITABLE FOR PROMS, GALA PARTIES, WEDDINGS, AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS. IF YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, PLEASE WRITE AND ASK.

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 1291: GLAMOROUS BLACK SEQUIN CULOTTES
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GLAMOROUS BLACK SEQUIN CULOTTES PERFECT FOR THE HOLIDAYS, THESE BLACK SEQUIN CULOTTES ARE FULLY LINED, COMFORTABLE AND YET VERY CHIC. THEY ARE FULL AND LOOK VERY MUCH LIKE A SKIRT. THE PHOTOS ARE LIGHT, BUT THE GARMENT IS DEEP BLACK. WEAR THESE WITH ANYTHING FROM A SEE-THROUGH BLOUSE TO A CASHMERE SWEATER OR BEADED SILK TOP. SMALL SIZE.  

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ELEGANT VINTAGE BEADED BLOUSE PERFECT FOR HOLIDAY PARTIES, YOU CAN DEFINITELY TURN HEADS WEARING THIS TIMELESS STUNNER. NO ROCK STAR COULD OUTDO ITS SHIMMERING, SPARKLING EXCITEMENT. I HAVE SEEN MANY GARMENTS WITH BEADS AND SEQUINS, BUT NEVER ANY QUITE LIKE THIS. THE TOP CAN CLOSE WITH SNAPS IN FRONT, BUT IT IS SHOWN IN A MORE DARING UNSNAPPED FASHION. IT IS MADE ENTIRELY OF SILVER SEQUINS THAT ARE OUTLINED WITH GOLD BEADS TO FORM A SUBTLE CHECKED EFFECT. NOTCHED COLLAR AND EXTRA WIDE LAPELS, BLOUSON EFFECT AT THE WAIST. THIS COULD EVEN BE WORN AS A VEST OVER A SHEER BLOUSE, IF DESIRED. STURDY AND FULLY LINED. EXCELLENT CONDITION. PERFECT FOR THE STAGE OR ANY SPECIAL OCCASION, AND IT WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE. THIS WOULD LOOK WONDERFUL WITH A LONG SKIRT, DRESS SLACKS, OR EVEN A MINI SKIRT. THERE ARE MANY BEADED TOPS OUT THERE, BUT THIS ONE IS UNIQUE AND SPECTACULAR. MEDIUM TO LARGE SIZE (12 TO 14).  

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 1102: KILLER VINTAGE SLINKY LACE GOTH PARTY  PROM DRESS
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KILLER VINTAGE SLINKY LACE GOTH PARTY PROM DRESS THIS SEXY DRESS SIZZLES WITH FLAIR AND PIZAZZ! VINTAGE BLACK LACE HAS A DRAPED DECOLLETAGE NECKLINE AND FLARED GORES FOR A FLOUNCE ALONG THE HEMLINE OF THE SKIRT. TOTALLY LINED IN A NUDE CREPE FABRIC. ULTRA-SEXY. IF YOU HAVE THE FIGURE, WHY NOT FLAUNT IT? THIS IS A SURE-FIRE HEAD-TURNER! APPROXIMATELY A SIZE 8--POSSIBLY A 10. DROP DEAD GORGEOUS. ALSO GREAT FOR A ROMANTIC GOTH EVENING.
 

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 1100: VINTAGE BOMBSHELL SUEDE HALTER SHEATH PROM DRESS
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VINTAGE BOMBSHELL SUEDE HALTER SHEATH PROM DRESS SHORT, SEXY, SIZZLING. THIS DYNAMITE BLACK BOMBSHELL HALTER DRESS IS MADE OF 100% SUEDE LEATHER AND WOULD MAKE A GREAT PROM DRESS. GOLD STUDS ACCENTUATE THE SHAPED BRA AREA OF THE BOSOM. THE SUEDE IS VERY SOFT AND SUPPLE. STRAPS CAN BE WORN CROSSED OR UNCROSSED IN BACK. EXCELLENT CONDITION. BACK ZIPPER. SMALL TO MEDIUM SIZE. MEASUREMENTS: 36 INCH BUST, 28 INCH WAIST, 36 INCH HIPS, 19 INCH FROM WAIST TO HEM. RECOMMEND THAT YOUR MEASUREMENTS BE AN INCH OR TWO LESS FOR BEST FIT.  

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 1101: ELEGANT HOT PINK PROM DESIGNER EVENING GOWN
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ELEGANT HOT PINK PROM DESIGNER EVENING GOWN SUPER SOPHISTICATED PROM GOWN! I WISH THE PHOTOS WERE BETTER OF THIS WONDERFUL DRESS. RICH ROSY PINK DESIGNER EVENING GOWN. ELEGANT AND DRAMATIC WITH A SWEETHEART CUT AROUND THE BUSTLINE. DECORATIVE SELF COVERED BUTTONS DOWN THE FRONT. CLOSES IN BACK WITH AN INVISIBLE ZIPPER. GLITTERY BUTTON DETAILS AT STRAPS. LONG SLIT UP THE FRONT. SOFT RAYON BLEND FABRIC. LABEL: EN FRANCAIS BY HUEY WALTZER. EXCELLENT CONDITION. SIZE SMALL 8. MEASUREMENTS: 34 BUST, 30 WAIST, 36 HIPS, 50 LONG.
 

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Click here to enlarge image and see more about item 1084: FABULOUS 1930'S DRESS EMBROIDERED WITH BIRDS
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FABULOUS 1930'S DRESS EMBROIDERED WITH BIRDS THIS VERY SPECIAL DRESS IS SO UNIQUE. IT IS WONDERFUL ENOUGH TO WEAR FOR A PROM--AND THE BEST PART IS THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE A DRESS LIKE IT! MADE OF BLACK CREPE WITH A FITTED WAISTLINE AND PEPLUM. THE BIRDS ARE MADE OF SEQUINS AND EMBELLISH BOTH THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE DRESS. JUST A KILLER LOOK! SMALL SIZE.  

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SPECTACULAR 1930'S EVENING GOWN PROM DRESS THIS IS A RARE AND DRAMATIC VINTAGE 1930'S MAGENTA TAFFETA FLOOR LENGTH EVENING GOWN. JUST THE KIND OF DRESS GINGER ROGERS DANCED IN. UNUSUAL WIDE FLAP ON THE FRONT SHOULDER AREA. NORMAL SLEEVELESS BACK. ACCENTED WITH BANDS OF TRAPUNTO CORDING ON THE BODICE AND ON THE FULL SKIRT. CLICK TO SEE EXTRA PHOTOS FOR DETAILS.

NORMALLY EVERYTHING WE OFFER FOR SALE IS IN EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD CONDITION, BUT BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A RARE AND UNUSUAL DRESS FROM A PERIOD THAT IS HARD TO FIND, I AM LISTING IT DESPITE ITS LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITION. I TRULY HAD NOT DISCOVERED THE FLAWS UNTIL I INSPECTED THIS EVENING GOWN IN SUNLIGHT. STILL IT COULD DEFINITELY BE WORN AND ENJOYED BY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS VINTAGE FASHION, AND ITS WEARER WOULD BE ADMIRED BY ALL WHO SAW HER IN IT.

THE PRICE HAS NOW BEEN REDUCED BECAUSE THERE IS SOME SPOTTING ON THE FRONT SHOULDER WINGSS--BARELY VISIBLE WHEN WORN, BUT MORE OBVIOUS ON THE INNER SIDE. THERE IS A NARROW STREAK IN THE FRONT ABDOMEN AREA, BUT THE COLOR IS CLOSE TO THE DRESS COLOR AND NOT ALL THAT OBVIOUS. THERE ARE A FEW OTHER MINOR SPOTS, AND A COUPLE OF SNAPS NEED TACKED DOWN. STILL THIS EVENING DRESS FROM THE 1930'S IS A REAL STUNNER! IT IS ONE OF A KIND AND THE HEIGHT OF FASHION!

APPROXIMATELY FOR A SIZE 8, BUT TALL. WOULD MAKE A SENSATIONAL UNIQUE PROM DRESS FOR THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO DOES NOT WANT TO LOOK LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

IT IS HARD TO MEASURE DRESSES THAT ARE CUT ON THE BIAS, AS THIS ONE IS, BUT HERE GOES:
BUST: 34 - 36 INCHES
WAIST AREA (NO DEFINED WAISTLINE): 28 -30 INCHES
HIP AREA: 36 TO MAYBE 38 INCHES
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST LET ME KNOW.
 

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VINTAGE SEQUIN DRESS A LA GRACE KELLY YOU OFTEN SEE BEADED AND SEQUIN DRESSES THAT ARE STRAIGHT, BUT WHEN DO YOU SEE THEM WITH A FULL GATHERED SKIRT? THERE WAS JO NO GETTING A DECENT PHOTO OF THIS DRESS BECAUSE OF ALL THE SPARKLE OF THE SEQUINS, BUT IT IS A SUPER VINTAGE PARTY DRESS. THIS BEAUTIFUL DRESS IS TOTALLY DEMURE, BUT ITS IMPACT IS ELEGANT AND CLASSY LIKE GRACE KELLY. HIGHEST QUALITY CONSTRUCTION. IT IS MADE ENTIRELY OF SEQUINS, PRIMARILY IN BRONZE BROWN, BUT THERE ARE ALSO BLACK ACCENTS TOP AND BOTTOM AND STRIPED AREAS. SEE THE ADDITIONAL PHOTOS TO GET A LITTLE BETTER IDEA. SOFT GATHERS GIVE THE FULL SKIRT A BEAUTIFUL LINE. THE LINING ADDS BODY AND FEELS WONDERFULLY SOFT. THE LONG SLEEVES AND HIGH NECKLINE ARE EDGED IN BLACK SATIN FOR COMFORT. SIZE IS APPROXIMATELY AN 8 OR 10. WAS $149--NOW ON SALE  

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SEXY 1930'S DRESS REESE WITHERSPOON STYLE HERE IS A DESIGNER'S ORIGINAL BY KELLY HUNT. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR DRESSES IMAGINABLE! THIS EVENING DRESS REMINDS ME OF THE DRESS JUST WORN TO THE OSCARS BY REESE WITHERSPOON, WHICH WAS DEEMED THE BEST DRESS WORN BY ANY PRESENTER. IT EXUDES ALL THE SULTRY MAGNETISM THAT MARLENE DIETRICH CONJURED UP IN SIMILAR GOWNS. SHEER ECRU BODICE COVERED WITH BLACK LACE. THE CREPE SIDE DRAPING IS OH SO GRACEFUL. WHAT COULD BE SEXIER? WONDERFUL VINTAGE CONDITION. THIS ONE REQUIRES AN EXCELLENT SLIM HIPPED FIGURE. APPROXIMATELY A SIZE 4 TO 6. APPROXIMATE MEASUREMENTS ARE BUST 34 IN. WAIST 24IN. HIPS 34 - 35 IN. LENGTH 44 IN. VINTAGE DRESSES DON'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS.  

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VINTAGE DESIGNER HALSTON SHEATH DRESS YES, IT'S A REAL HALSTON--NEED WE SAY MORE? THIS GORGEOUS IVORY WHITE DRESS IS SLEEK, SEXY, AND ULTRA-SOPHISTICATED. A TIMELESS CLASSIC FROM ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND RESPECTED DESIGNERS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO OWN A PIECE OF FASHION HISTORY THAT LOOKS AS FASHIONABLE AND FRESH TODAY AS IT DID THE DAY IT WAS LAUNCHED. NO SIGN OF WEAR ON THIS GARMENT. DESIGNS FROM HALSTON ARE HIGHLY PRIZED AND MUCH IN DEMAND, AND FOR GOOD REASON. THEY LOOK AND FEEL WONDERFUL. THIS SENSATIONAL SHEATH HAS A HIDDEN POCKET ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE, AN ELASTICIZED WAISTLINE FOR A BETTER FIT, AND A LONG SEPARATE SASH. THE DRESS IS FULLY LINED FOR COMFORT AND SHAPE. FOR THIS SHEATH HALSTON USED AN ALMOST HALTER LIKE DESIGN WITH AN INTERESTING ASYMMETRICAL BODICE FEATURE. THE BEAUTIFUL FABRIC LOOKS AND FEELS LIKE SILK SHANTUNG, BUT NO CONTENT IS LISTED ON A LABEL. IT IS A WOVEN FABRIC AND WILL NOT STRETCH OUT OF SHAPE. THE DRESS HAS BEEN CUT ON THE BIAS, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE SKILLFUL DETAILS THAT BRILLIANT DESIGNERS HAVE USED THROUGHOUT HISTORY TO ALLOW THE DRESS TO MOLD ITSELF TO THE WEARER'S FIGURE, ACCENTUATING A WOMAN'S LOVELY CURVES. THE BACK BODICE FOLLOWS THE SAME SHAPE AS THE FRONT WITH THE TOP ANGLED IN FROM THE SHOULDERS, BUT IT IS NOT SPLIT OPEN IN THE CENTER. UNFORTUNATELY THESE PHOTOS ARE FAR FROM AN ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF ITS SUBTLE AND TACTILE BEAUTY. IF WELL CARED FOR THIS IMPORTANT DRESS CAN BE PROUDLY PASSED ON TO FUTURE GENERATIONS. TRULY A RARE FIND! APPROXIMATELY A SIZE 8  

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