Color block jersey knit dress by Stephen Burrows

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Color block jersey knit dress by Stephen Burrows. It is form fitting to the knee with a flared skirt that has a long slit at the center front and a short back train. The rounded high neck is broken up at the center front bodice with a large keyhole that is V-shaped on the bottom and round on the top. The cap sleeves have cut outs at the top shoulders. The color blocking is done on the front and back bodice with orange at the neck and sleeves, accented by red pieces at the shoulders next to the cut outs on the top sleeves. The center front of the bodice has dark blue pieces that from the bottom of the keyhole and continue down the front of the dress to the hem. The sides of the front bodice have section from top to bottom of red, hot pink, and teal with rounded edges.

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