1950s Custom Indian Silk Screened Suit mao-hide unstretched to about 20"

unstretched to about 20"

Both the dress and the coat are fully lined in a cream silky rayon

I would date this as an early sixties piece and you can still see the influence of Christian's earlier ten year reign in that fabulous collar

There are some tiny areas of discoloration here and there inside and outside the skirt and it has a feeling of age but I do not consider these to be a flaw - its a natural evolution of the material used and the age of the piece

1950s Custom Indian Silk Screened Suit mao-hide unstretched to about 20"I love the classic cut of this suit with it's box jacket and slim pencil skirt. And I could go on for days about the fabric! This was a custom made piece for a client that traveled to Bombay in the fifties and it is really one of the best example of silk from this period that I have seen! The skirt is a simple slightly A line cut meant to skim over your curves and feel refined and classy. The jacket that classic fifties box cut and it has the most