Brown Velvet Dress Worn by Shirley Temple in the 1936 Film "Stowaway"

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Of fine silky velvet, the cocoa-brown dress is simply cut with slightly flared skirt, short sleeves with gathers at the shoulders, a very wide ecru silk collar with embroidered lace border and trim, and a wide band of embroidered lace that extends down the entire dress front; the open-work of the lace serves as buttonholes for self-covered brown velvet buttons. Generally excellent. Included are several vintage photographs of Shirley Temple wearing the dress during publicity occasions. The dress was worn by Ching-Ching (Shirley Temple) during the divorce proceedings of Tommy and Susan Randall in the 1936 film "Stowaway", when notably she testified against the divorce in her inimitable innocent manner.