40s Women's Cocktail Dress Vintage 1940s LBD Slinky Draped Black Silk Medium VFG Festival CLOSURES: Two dark brown plastic

CLOSURES: Two dark brown plastic buttons

except for the elasticized waist

It was purchased new at a traveling trunk show in Oregon sometime between the late 1980s and the early 1990s

curving spike stiletto heels

The bold abstract swirls of painted-on colors are quite striking

40s Women's Cocktail Dress Vintage 1940s LBD Slinky Draped Black Silk Medium VFG Festival CLOSURES: Two dark brown plasticA quietly gorgeous vintage Little Black Dress, probably dating to the early 1940s. The bodice is fitted with diagonal darting it has cap sleeves and a simplified sweetheart neckline. Skirt silhouette is gently A line with pleated draping at the left hip that cascades in a narrowing ruffle down to the hem. A self fabric loop at the top of the ruffle accommodates the 4" wide short sash that crisscrosses within the loop to form a soft bow, anchored with