1960s Norman Norell from Martha Boutique Black Embellished Shift Dress 1960s_Cocktail_Dress resulting in a bell-sleeve shape

resulting in a bell-sleeve shape to the sleeve

flamboyant rosettes

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The dress has elegant shoulder straps with a lightly boned sweetheart bodice and is ruched with a crossover front

1960s Norman Norell from Martha Boutique Black Embellished Shift Dress 1960s_Cocktail_Dress resulting in a bell-sleeve shapeNorman Norell was a celebrated mid century American fashion designer known amongst fashion crowds as the American Balenciaga. Of impeccable provenance, this dress retailed in the creme de la creme of fashion boutiques called Martha. The owner, Martha Phillips founded her high end Park Avenue boutique in the 1930s and sold the best fashions to the upper echelon of New York and Palm Beach society for decades. She and her daughter went on to open six