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Woman's Cocktail Dress

Fall/Winter 1958
Designed by Gustave Tassell (American, 1926–2014)
This cocktail dress for fall/winter 1958, with its high waist and skirt short in front but dipped at back, is reminiscent of Cristobal Balenciaga's dress with a peacock-tail train shown the same season.

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