1960s Gene Shelly Gold Sequin w Paillette Detailing Stretch Knit Dress designer-sonia-rykiel This would have been cutting

This would have been cutting edge to make a dress out of this when this was made

going from a soft pale yellow at the top to a deeper hued yellow at the hem

But if you actually think back to the time period it all makes sense because this is a fabric that

The buttons have the Roberta logo on them

1960s Gene Shelly Gold Sequin w Paillette Detailing Stretch Knit Dress designer-sonia-rykiel This would have been cuttingIn its heyday the Gene Shelly of California label was a must have. Gene Shelly dresses are amazing and they are some of the best of the early sequinned vintage pieces that you can find. All of the sequin work that covers this dress was done by hand in Hong Kong on American manufactured knit. The company would send the stretch wool fabric to be hand beaded or sequinned to Hong Kong. The fabric was then sent back to the US and the dresses were made in