1950s Heavy Cotton / Canvas Strapless Dress w Hand Applied Cord Applique designer-frank-usher Please see the three photos

Please see the three photos following the label shot

I love the deep front and back with its ties in piped matching fabric

John Anthony launched his label in 1971 and during the seventies and into the eighties produced amazing pieces that were sleek and sexy

Here we have a very sexy red silk chiffon halter top and skirt

September 1972

1950s Heavy Cotton / Canvas Strapless Dress w Hand Applied Cord Applique designer-frank-usher Please see the three photosThis is a wonderful dress from the fifties. It has the feel of the hand made dresses coming out of Mexico at the time and I wonder if it is not a more evening inspired piece by one of those artisans. The base fabric, which is a heavy cotton, almost canvas fabric is really the clue for this one. It is like a thicker, more substantial version of the cotton dresses and skirts coming out of Mexico for the tourist market in the fifties. It is such an