Black dress by Jason Wu with boots by Jean-Louis Scherrer

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Black menswear inspired dress by Jason Wu (.1a) with detached petticoat (.1b) and white and black polka dot knee-high boots by Jean-Louis Scherrer (.2ab). The dress (.1a) is made in the style of a men's formal coat in black silk satin with an open standard collar. The dress fastens at the center front with seven (7) black round plastic buttons. The sleeves are three-quarter length and cut straight with no cuff. The bodice is fitted to the top of the natural waist, then widens into a full hi-lo skirt with box pleating all the way around the waist. A large rounded keyhole is placed at the upper back bodice below the back yoke. There is a sixteen-inch slit in the center back skirt. The interior of the front bodice, skirt, and sleeves are lined in tan silk, while the interior back yoke is lined in the black satin.

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