Evening Dress Front View

Jean Dessès navy blue strapless cocktail dress with full skirt.
Label: "Jean Dessès/12 [illegible] Champs-Elysees Paris" in black machine embroidery on white label at PR side bodice; "Made in France" in red machine embroidery on white label.
Date: c. 1956
Note: Donor sent a brief letter with the following information:
“Purchased from Marlborough in Paris, France, by Paul D. Davis for myself his wife Doris M. Davis, after being modeled in their collection. My recollection as to the cost $700. This dress was worn by Doris Davis at the Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana for the opening of the Pepsi-Cola Factory......also worn at Christiansborg Castle Garden Party for the visit of Haile Selassie (Emperor of Ethiopia) given by President of Ghana Kwame Nkrumah.