Black, white, and silver dress with dropped waist designed by Peter Davy

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A black, white, and silver dress with a dropped waist designed by Peter Davy. The bodice of the dress has a sweetheart front and a low square-cut back neckline, with short pouf sleeves and a dropped waist with a full pleated skirt below the waist. The waistline is cut on a diagonal with the proper right side longer than the proper left side. The bodice of the dress is made from black synthetic knit fabric overlaid in black net. Undulating rows of black, white, and silver sequins are sewn to the black net over the entire bodice. The pouf sleeves are made from white semi-sheer synthetic fabric overlaid in white synthetic tulle, with the under layer serving as binding around the bottom of the poufs.

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