c.1968 Early Oscar de la Renta for Jane Derby Silk Dress designer-oleg-cassini The silk chiffon base makes

The silk chiffon base makes it insanely light weight so you feel like you are wearing nothing and it is also cut on the bias so settles over your curves perfectly every time

The gold medallions through the silk and that heavily band the waist and hem are woven directly into the silk

This is really a stunning piece

curve up and around the neck and hook in back

Reference photo: Spring 1983 Christian Dior Haute Couture

c.1968 Early Oscar de la Renta for Jane Derby Silk Dress designer-oleg-cassini The silk chiffon base makesWe had an Oscar dress a couple of years back that we successfully dated based on a piece held at The Met and this dress has the same collar detail as that so I am sure it is also from the 1968 time period. That clue along with the early Oscar for Jane Derby label pretty much make it a shut case. Just before Oscar de la Renta went off on his own and opened his own atelier, he spent three years as the head designer at the Jane Derby company. He actually