1980s Jenny Lewis Iridescent Beaded & Sequinned Black Silk Jacket designer-joy-stevens The bodice is lightly boned

The bodice is lightly boned and all those beaded and detailed appliques are set and applied by hand

both over an inner lining of the same color

The skirt is quite full and is set into the waist with a series of soft pleats to help give it that volume you see

the designer turned her attention to the stiffest fashion challenge of the day: how to make feminine

You often see blouses but to see an entire dress is a much rarer thing

1980s Jenny Lewis Iridescent Beaded & Sequinned Black Silk Jacket designer-joy-stevens The bodice is lightly bonedDuring the 1980s, Jenny Lewis "dazzled the fashion world with her exquisite Chinese silk gowns, elaborately embroidered, and her beaded and sequined dresses that recalled the gay abandon of the Twenties. Her rise in the fashion world was meteoric, and her shining creations, which cost almost as much as a Paris gown, were worn at the best parties in town. At the height of her career, Lewis starred at fashion shows in Harrods, & Harvey Nichols attended