Fall 1989 Oscar de la Renta Iridescent Green Gold Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Matching Cape designer-harvey-berin Cherie is wearing a 1974

Cherie is wearing a 1974 "Lillies of the Field" Zandra Rhodes Caftan

in silky black rayon

There is one teeny flat spot in the velvet near the back zipper - it only shows in certain light but is mentioned for accuracy

I believe this is a version of the dress she named the 'Non-Chalance' that I found a sketch of from the permanent collection of the Hunt Museum in Ireland and I found a similar gown that is held in the collection of the Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum

Each sleeve is cut on a curve to follow the shape of the arm and then there is a little curved protruding bump out above each wrist that gives you that final shape that you can see in the photos

Fall 1989 Oscar de la Renta Iridescent Green Gold Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Matching Cape designer-harvey-berin Cherie is wearing a 1974The twin of this dress was shown on the runway for the Fall 1989 collection. It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta. This dress beautifully showcases the genius of Oscar de la Renta and the work that he was doing in this time period. The dress has a beautiful elegance to it and is quite striking. This sense of refinement is a constant in Oscar's work and I particularly love the earlier examples of it. You can see how many of the