#109

Cissy "Looks so Charming", Rare Color Variation of Cocktail Ensemble, 1956
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20" (51 cm.) Tosca wig with shoulder-length curls and curly bangs. Wearing crisp peacock-blue taffeta cocktail dress with dropped waist and very full skirt, pale pink taffeta can-can petticoat, matching lace-edged panties, seamed stockings, black sling-strap heels, black velvet bolero with rose corsage, black velvet hair band with generously-accented pink and blue flowers and black netting, carrying little box with pink flowers, rhinestone bracelet. The costume is tagged. Near mint condition, one tiny dark smudge at left waist. Alexander, model 2017, 1956, described in the 1956 catalog as "looking so charming in a smart cocktail dress"; this is a rare color variation.