#160

Cissy in Lavender Butterfly-Print Dress with Purple Hat, 1958
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$3,800
sold
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Blonde wig with short curly bangs and hair drawn back into arranged pageboy chignon at her nape. Wearing tagged lavender polished-cotton dress with print design of purple butterflies, vertical lace at bodice centering a row of tucks and rhinestones, rhinestone accents on turned-up cuffs, purple velvet ribbon sash with rhinestone faux-buckle, purple velvet wrist tie for clear lucite purse with pink hanky, woven wide-brimmed purple hat with lavish pink shaded roses and pink tulle ties, flocked taffeta petticoat, panties, stockings, lavender cross-strap shoes with purple inner soles, large rhinestone earrings, , amethyst bracelet, ring. Near mint condition with superb complexion and coiffure. Alexander, model 2232 from 1958 catalog, described as "a most engaging cotton print".