90’s Black Crepe Silk Chiffon Cocktail Clearance Best Store To Get

Black crepe formal dress. Faux wrap bodice with long sleeves, wide waist with side zipper. Skirt is an acetate lining with a silk chiffon overlay. Front holds a large black silk rose.

Condition is excellent with only a small rip in the underskirt which I have photographed closely.

Label is Gaskins for Eric Gaskins and a store label of Saks Fifth Avenue.

Tagged a size 10 but please check the measurements carefully.

bust 38″

waist 30″

hips 48″

bodice length 16″

shoulders 16″

sleeves 23″

skirt length 25″ (overlay hangs longer than the lining)

hem circumference 110″

Eric Gaskins is a NY fashion designer. He was trained in Paris by Hubert Givenchy and designed for Koos Van Den Akker, Bob Evans and Scott Barrie. His designs have been featured on the covers of Cosmopolitan, Spy, Bazaar, Glamour, Vanity Fair, and Palm Beach Illustrated. Other significant editorial coverage included such magazines and television programs as: Self, New Woman, Elle, Essence and Entertainment Tonight. He launched his own label in 1987 and closed in 2009.