Fall 2003 Gucci by Tom Ford Runway Look 10 Stretch Silk Dress + Black Corset Waist Cincher Belt designer-ossie-clark The shawl is unlined with

The shawl is unlined with hand finished turned under edges

It is in excellent condition but it looks to me like the sleeve opening was re-done at some point in its history

cut on a flattering A-line

These were made in the 1980-1981 time period and I have included two ads from those years that show similar versions with the same gold belt at the waist

The neckline is then angled across the front and at the back it dips into a low angled cut that is set quite deep to the side

Fall 2003 Gucci by Tom Ford Runway Look 10 Stretch Silk Dress + Black Corset Waist Cincher Belt designer-ossie-clark The shawl is unlined withThe twin of this set was Look 10 on the Fall 2003 runway. It was made under the creative direction of Tom Ford. We have included runway photos and video for you to see how beautifully this moves once on the body. In Vogue's review of the show they said that "This season every major designer is talking about creating a "beauty" strong enough to defy our anxious times. Backstage that was the word Tom Ford used to characterize his Fall collection for