Blue Checked Silk Dress with Smocking Worn by Shirley Temple

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Of tiny blue and white checked silk print, the high-waist dress features a pleated skirt below a richly smocked bodice in shades of red, blue and white, and with white organdy collar and cuffs with embroidered detail, and with distinctive decorative buttons extending down the placket front. The dress was worn by Shirley Temple in various publicity events concerning the 1940 film "Young People".