Cocktail Dress, ca. 1961

Silk georgette and crepe under cotton lace with
bead embroidery by House of Lesage; silk satin sash
Collection of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit.
Lace was a popular material for cocktail and
evening wear in the early and mid-1960s and Her
Majesty wore it often, in both plain and heavily
embellished versions.