Salvatore Ferragamo 1990s full length black knit backless evening dress womens with topstitched seams

with topstitched seams

with several holes to fabric and some marks (see pictures)

5 cmHem width: 40 cm100% silk / 100% cotton sectionsMade in franceC

Fabric has slightly hair-y feel (it is hair after all)

almost sheeny in some lights and confusing in others

Salvatore Ferragamo 1990s full length black knit backless evening dress womens with topstitched seamsFull length evening dress from italian luxury house (and originally, shoemaker), salvatore ferragamo (circa 1990s). Made from an unexpectedly weighty knit fabric, the dress is sleeveless, gently follows the shape of the body, and has a shallow, curved neckline but a dramatic, open back (managing to be both elegant and kind of sexy). Although perhaps if a dress is "backless", the back isn't 'open' so much as 'just not there'? The fabric is also