Made by the famous textile designer Joan McGee this vintage navy blue sleeveless dress makes the most of her iconic permanently pleated stretchy fabric. A matching capelet with hidden front hooks and eyes provides another look for this spectacular dress. Pullover in style this scoop neckline is ready for your own jewelry scarf or belt to personalize this dress in your style. By adding event-ready accessories it can be easily glammed up for events. However it is stunning simply on its own as shown in these photos where the only accessory added is a deco-style headpiece.

Please use the measurements below to determine if these will fit you and remember there is quite a bit of built-in stretch in these tiny knife pleats.

Shoulder to shoulder is 14 and 1/2 inches.
Arm hole opening is 22 inches.
Bust will stretch from 30 to 39 inches.
Waist will stretch from 30 to 48 inches.
Hip will stretch from 30 to 56 inches.
Full length is 55 and 1/2 inches.
Hemline width is 140 inches.

Capelet length is 17 inches at the front and back bands and 14 inches for the cape itself.

You will find this Joan McGee dress to be so comfortable so soft and so easy to wear that you will reach for it often. It is a dress you can easily accessorize for evening wear or to feel wonderful chic and comfortable too anytime during the day.

Joan McGee fabric is lightweight and permanently pleated with built-in stretch and comfort plus the added quality of resisting wrinkles and bagging. In the photo where it is shown flat you can see how the narrow pleats gather into a small size.

Freshly cleaned in Excellent Vintage condition it will arrive ready for you to wear immediately.

There are no stains snags holes or unraveling anywhere and this comes to you from a home with no pets and no smokers.

At the shoulder seams there are inside hidden strap holders for your bra straps.

A bit about Joan McGee according to her website "In her over 35 year career in wearable art Joan McGee has garnered international recognition as a top Shibori Textile and Surface Designer. Her distinctive and artful designs have been sold in Bergdorf’s Nordstrom Julies Art Gallery in New York and Rafael’s in San Francisco. She shows her collection each year at the Smithsonian with the American Craft Shows in Baltimore and San Francisco and with the Essex House Designers in New York among other events. She has participated in exclusive fashion shows in Tokyo London New York City Seattle San Francisco and San Diego. Joan has built up a large private clientele including opera singers actresses and entertainment personalities that travel to her studio for custom designed pieces. Aspiring artists and art lovers can take advantage of her expertise and techniques with specialized classes and workshops hosted across the country. Joan McGee’s exceptional career can be traced back to her childhood fascination with colors creating her own fabric and clothes. As a young girl Joan was known for sneaking up to the “couture floor” of her local department store to feel the quality fabrics and admire at the elegant designs. It was during these secret trips that her quest to design beautiful clothing from her own cloth began. At the age of 10 she learned how to sew and by junior high she was experimenting with commercial dyes to make original fabrics."

This item is sold from a vintage boutique in Bradenton, FL.