Spring 2009 Prada Runway Snakeskin Print Open Side Dress designer-bill-gibb The coat is fully lined

The coat is fully lined in an immaculate cream silk satin and closes with knotted fabric buttons and frog knot loops made of the exterior fabric

Item# S503

There was a couple of tiny areas of missing beads but I had them filled with matching beads from the period

I love how a striped line  is created by following the natural pelts and how it has an almost swing jacket cut

The skirt is cut on a wide Aline and this cut lets it seem very full and draped once on but without bulk or seeming to add a lot of weight to the wearer

Spring 2009 Prada Runway Snakeskin Print Open Side Dress designer-bill-gibb The coat is fully linedIn the Vogue review for this collection Sarah Mower noted: "Miuccia Prada had a sound bite for her Spring collection. "It's primitive," she said, "going back to what counts." When the chips are down, there is no one who can turn up the thermostat of subversive sexual provocation quite as high as Mrs. Prada. Her girls, their skin glistening as if on a fevered summer's night, might have been passing through on their way to or from lovers' assignations,