Black Velvet Cocktail Dress Knife Pleat Layers

Carol Mignon Boutique built this cocktail dress around a technique rather than a trend: crisp knife pleats stacked in layers, each pressed sharp enough to hold its own line instead of collapsing into soft gathers. A taffeta underlayer gives the black velvet the structure it needs to keep that sculptural shape through a night of movement. Dating to the mid-1980s to early 1990s, it's cocktail length and cut for someone who wants precision in a party dress, not just volume.

• Condition: Excellent Used Condition
• Condition details: No flaws discovered.
• Era/Decade: C. mid 1980s to early 1990s
• Fabric/Materials: Black velvet. Taffeta.
• Design characteristics: Knife-pleated layers, sculptural drape, cocktail-length silhouette.
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• Size: Modern US 6