Fitted black velour dress with gold sequin cut-outs designed by Peter Davy

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A fitted black velour dress with gold sequin and bead embellished cut-outs designed by Peter Davy. The dress has a halter neck with the back bodice dipping into a shallow V. There is no waist seam between the fitted bodice and the straight sheath skirt, which has a thigh-high slit at the proper left side. A row of faceted metallic sequins with a seed bead at the middle of each sequin is sewn cross the front neck, with a long piece of gold metallic braided tape extending from each side of the neck and tying at the back neck. Four (4) diamond shaped cut-outs are placed on the front bodice. Each cut-out is filled with a very open gold metallic lace fabric trimmed in a row of faceted gold sequins with a seed bead at the middle of each sequin.

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