Vintage 80s Nancy Johnson Black Pearl and Bead Cocktail Dress Sz M
Nancy Johnson
Size: Medium
Call your Mom, her dream 80s cocktail dress just arrived. This is by fancy vintage apparel designer, Nancy Johnson. Known for her luxurious beading and special details, this dress is in mint condition and features amazing shoulder pads and impeccable details. There are pearls, gold beads, and iridescent beads intricately woven in the most satisfying symmetrical pattern. This is a winner. It’s a basic black knit dress, so it’s a comfortable and versatile style.
Condition: Excellent
“As for the clothes, in recent seasons {Nancy Johnson] has been working with shapes from the late `40s and early `50s, but lately she has also been drawn to the long, languid looks of the 1920s. Her silhouettes may be tighter and skirts a tad shorter, but the beading pattern is probably culled from a `20s dress. Much of her emphasis is on late-day looks or, as she calls them, ''occasion'' clothes. A long beaded sweater stretches over a calf-length skirt. A black short sweater dress has the feeling of a `20s flapper. Clothes for the office are part of her agenda, but like the lace-trimmed suit she wears, they have some extra detailing to set them apart. The career look ''doesn`t have to be the pin-striped suit,'' she said. Her prices run from about $140 to $400 (in 1990!). Johnson`s taste for vintage looks was cultivated early. Her mother had a great eye for textiles and art, created millinery as a hobby and had an extensive antique clothing collection that her daughter took delight in trying on for fun.
Even when Nancy was a young adult, modern never quite suited her. ''I ended up shopping for myself in vintage clothing stores,'' she said. ''I adapted old clothes from the `30s and `40s.''
In the early 1970s, she grew tired of teaching history in Washington. She and her husband took time out to spend a year traveling around the world in a Volkswagen bus.
In India, she was so charmed by the textiles and handwork that she brought home fabrics and clothes, for herself at first. Later she began importing pieces such as hand-embroidered peasant blouses and gauze skirts to sell.”
Nancy Johnson
Size: Medium
Call your Mom, her dream 80s cocktail dress just arrived. This is by fancy vintage apparel designer, Nancy Johnson. Known for her luxurious beading and special details, this dress is in mint condition and features amazing shoulder pads and impeccable details. There are pearls, gold beads, and iridescent beads intricately woven in the most satisfying symmetrical pattern. This is a winner. It’s a basic black knit dress, so it’s a comfortable and versatile style.
Condition: Excellent
“As for the clothes, in recent seasons {Nancy Johnson] has been working with shapes from the late `40s and early `50s, but lately she has also been drawn to the long, languid looks of the 1920s. Her silhouettes may be tighter and skirts a tad shorter, but the beading pattern is probably culled from a `20s dress. Much of her emphasis is on late-day looks or, as she calls them, ''occasion'' clothes. A long beaded sweater stretches over a calf-length skirt. A black short sweater dress has the feeling of a `20s flapper. Clothes for the office are part of her agenda, but like the lace-trimmed suit she wears, they have some extra detailing to set them apart. The career look ''doesn`t have to be the pin-striped suit,'' she said. Her prices run from about $140 to $400 (in 1990!). Johnson`s taste for vintage looks was cultivated early. Her mother had a great eye for textiles and art, created millinery as a hobby and had an extensive antique clothing collection that her daughter took delight in trying on for fun.
Even when Nancy was a young adult, modern never quite suited her. ''I ended up shopping for myself in vintage clothing stores,'' she said. ''I adapted old clothes from the `30s and `40s.''
In the early 1970s, she grew tired of teaching history in Washington. She and her husband took time out to spend a year traveling around the world in a Volkswagen bus.
In India, she was so charmed by the textiles and handwork that she brought home fabrics and clothes, for herself at first. Later she began importing pieces such as hand-embroidered peasant blouses and gauze skirts to sell.”
Nancy Johnson
Size: Medium
Call your Mom, her dream 80s cocktail dress just arrived. This is by fancy vintage apparel designer, Nancy Johnson. Known for her luxurious beading and special details, this dress is in mint condition and features amazing shoulder pads and impeccable details. There are pearls, gold beads, and iridescent beads intricately woven in the most satisfying symmetrical pattern. This is a winner. It’s a basic black knit dress, so it’s a comfortable and versatile style.
Condition: Excellent
“As for the clothes, in recent seasons {Nancy Johnson] has been working with shapes from the late `40s and early `50s, but lately she has also been drawn to the long, languid looks of the 1920s. Her silhouettes may be tighter and skirts a tad shorter, but the beading pattern is probably culled from a `20s dress. Much of her emphasis is on late-day looks or, as she calls them, ''occasion'' clothes. A long beaded sweater stretches over a calf-length skirt. A black short sweater dress has the feeling of a `20s flapper. Clothes for the office are part of her agenda, but like the lace-trimmed suit she wears, they have some extra detailing to set them apart. The career look ''doesn`t have to be the pin-striped suit,'' she said. Her prices run from about $140 to $400 (in 1990!). Johnson`s taste for vintage looks was cultivated early. Her mother had a great eye for textiles and art, created millinery as a hobby and had an extensive antique clothing collection that her daughter took delight in trying on for fun.
Even when Nancy was a young adult, modern never quite suited her. ''I ended up shopping for myself in vintage clothing stores,'' she said. ''I adapted old clothes from the `30s and `40s.''
In the early 1970s, she grew tired of teaching history in Washington. She and her husband took time out to spend a year traveling around the world in a Volkswagen bus.
In India, she was so charmed by the textiles and handwork that she brought home fabrics and clothes, for herself at first. Later she began importing pieces such as hand-embroidered peasant blouses and gauze skirts to sell.”