Strapless cream net cocktail dress with gold accents

A strapless cream net cocktail dress with gold accents. The dress has a sweetheart neckline and is made of cream nylon tulle, the tulle is pleated horizontally along the top of the bust. Synthetic net with gold metallic supplementary wefts is sewn below the pleated nylon tulle which continues to the waistline. The top of the skirt features a panel of the same fabric that is narrower at the center front and wider at the sides. The same synthetic nylon net used at the top of the bust is sewn below the synthetic net on the skirt panel. Synthetic net with gold metallic supplementary wefts is sewn to the back of the dress and continues onto the skirt panel, ending fourteen inches above the hem at the center back. The net with gold threads is longest at the center back and is shorter at the sides. Cream nylon tulle is sewn below the synthetic net. A thirteen-and-a-half-inch metal zipper is sewn along the proper left side seam with two metal hooks on one side which align with two metal eyes. One hook and eye set are sewn at the top of the zipper, the other set is sewn at the waist seam. The dress is lined with cream synthetic faille. Four pieces of boning are sewn along the lining encased in the same fabric. The neckline is self-faced along the lining. A cream synthetic grosgrain ribbon is machine sewn along the waist seam at the interior. The hem of the net is left raw, the hem of the faille has a double fold hem.

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