The dress is decorated with silk machine lace, embroidery in sequins, artificial pearls, beads, bugle beads, mother-of-pearl paillettes, large mother-of-pearl imitation buttons, metalized braid, and silk gauze. It has a draped satin band belt and a thin flax lining. The sortie de bal cape is made of ecru-colored cotton machine tulle and cotton chain stitch embroidery. The dress was inspired by late 1900s style in Russia.
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