• This is a very pretty late 1970s, early 1980s dress from the Richeline label.
• The Richilene label was launched around 1970 and lasted to about 1990 or so. It was a New York based label and was designed by Ilene Pacun and her husband Richard. The name came by combining their two first names.
• They focused on party dresses for the most part and had a pretty wide range of options price wise. By the mid-1980s their prices ranged from about $200-$2000 and the higher end pieces were very well made.
• This dress combines a soft pastel turquoise and pink floral print with the top and sleeves being done in a silk chiffon and the skirt made out of a silk in the same print.
• The shoulders are soft and the front and the back of the top have a wide scoop that goes almost to the edges of the shoulder.
• The sleeves are incredible. Each is exceptionally wide by the time it reaches the cuffs. They are finished in a beautiful balloon cut. They are cut extra long but once they are closed around the wrist they simply puff out above your hands in the most beautiful way.
• The bodice skims over the bust to a seamed waist for shape. We have added a little turquoise grosgrain ribbon that will be sent with the dress. Inside it is lined in a nude silk chiffon for the upper bodice and shoulders with the rest backed in a blue silk so that it is opaque.
• From there the skirt curves in a very full and open shape over the hips and continues to expand outwards to the floor. There is an immense amount of fabric used in the skirt. It has been gathered in wide soft pleats all the way around the waist and this is what helps to give it its fullness. When you move it moves beautifully around you.
• The dress is fully lined in a blue silk through the bodice as described above and the sleeves are unlined. The skirt has an attached cotton-mix matching blue lining. It closes with a back zipper and there is a hidden snap on each wrist. 
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approximately 26" and are full and open around the upper arm
Shoulders: approximately 14-15"
Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 55.5" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5292

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