1986 Runway Chanel Gold Black Silk Dress with Detachable Puff Sleeves beaded-dress This beautiful dress has all

This beautiful dress has all of the hallmarks of a Royal commission with its modest

This piece is in truly excellent vintage condition and looks barely worn - it still has a spare button sewn inside

Its possible that other adjustments were made to the hemline but I rather like the  avant-garde look this jacket has

Highly decadent

It's a high collar jacket with the central button stand featuring a black woven cord trim along the jacket edges and embellishing the bottom of the cuffs and pockets

1986 Runway Chanel Gold Black Silk Dress with Detachable Puff Sleeves beaded-dress This beautiful dress has allThis runway documented 1980s Chanel dress is an amazing example of how the chic French fashion house adapted to the era of excess. It walked the runway as part of the brands fall 1986 collection, in the early years of Karl Lagerfeld's tenure as creative director. The dress itself is crafted to a deceptively simple strapless style with a sweetheart neckline. Tailored from a lustrous black silk mix taffeta patterned with zig zagging stripes of gold, the