1950s Mr John Couture Black Crepe Shift Dress and Jacket Vintage_Tunic Queen Fabiola of Belgium

Queen Fabiola of Belgium

The fine cotton fabric is machine embroidered with a swirling fern design in a darker shade of blue and highlighted in white

it has no composition or size label

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while the main fabric is embroidered with a contrasting shade of cream thread in swirling

1950s Mr John Couture Black Crepe Shift Dress and Jacket Vintage_Tunic Queen Fabiola of BelgiumThis 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