Silver knit dress with matching gloves and belt designed by Patrick Kelly

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A silver knit dress with matching gloves and belt designed by Patrick Kelly. The fitted sheath dress (.1) is made of grey synthetic knit with silver metallic thread. It is sleeveless, has a round neckline, and is form fitting. The neckline, shoulder seams, armscyes, side seams, and hem are all finished with machine overlock stitching which is seen on the exterior of the dress. The open back has a low scoop neckline. A woven fabric label is sewn to the center back interior at the proper left side of the low back. The label reads [PATRICK KELLY / PARIS] the text [MADE IN FRANCE] is woven vertically to the left side of the text. The matching gloves (.2ab) are made of the same grey synthetic knit with silver metallic thread fabric as the dress. The gloves are elbow length and have a single fold hem machine sewn to the interior. The belt (.

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