Early 1960s Harvey Berin Black Velvet & Ivory Silk Skirted Dress w Sparkling Beaded Detailing designer-nat-kaplan One button has a faint

One button has a faint crack on it and looks to have been repaired at some point

Fully lined in black silky rayon and closes with a back painted metal and nylon zipper

The silk that he chose for the dress is as light as a feather

These might be lightened out by a specialist

The gold is created by gold lame thread woven directly into the silk with some areas of the print having a denser application of the gold and some less

Early 1960s Harvey Berin Black Velvet & Ivory Silk Skirted Dress w Sparkling Beaded Detailing designer-nat-kaplan One button has a faintHarvey Berin opened his self named label in 1921 and by the 1940s his label was considered to be a leader in American fashion. The collections were designed by Karen Stark, his wife's sister, and it is said that all designs had to meet with Berin's approval before going into production. The dresses were made with high end finishes and were often based on the Parisian couture designs of the season. By 1952 Stark had won a Coty award for her work at the