Victorian Printed Silk Boudoir Wrapper designer-donald-brooks but fabulous day and cocktail

but fabulous day and cocktail wear

Really a rare thing to find the entire set and it is adorable to boot

Ir is very new look in cut with elbow length sleeves

It has a slight textured feel to it with gives it a nice visual interest to break the starkness of the black

Victorian Printed Silk Boudoir Wrapper designer-donald-brooks but fabulous day and cocktailThe first thing that will strike you is how fine and light the silk is. It seems almost gossamer in weight but it is completely opaque. The color is unbelievable and it would have been dyed by hand and then had that amazingly beautiful print screened onto it a complex layered technique. The colors are vivid and brilliant and cannot be matched today. It is cut very simple but with exquisite details and the fine workmanship expected of the period. I