Black velvet dress with gold sequin skirt worn by Ophelia DeVore

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Black velvet evening dress with gold sequin embellished skirt worn by Ophelia DeVore. The bodice is sleeveless with a scooped neck and is fitted to the natural waist, where it extends into a full floor-length skirt. The skirt is also made from the black velvet, but is embellished with an all-over gold sequin and embroidery design in a grid pattern with clusters of rounded squares of sequin and embroidery interspersed at even intervals in the grid. A black satin ribbon is wrapped around the waist and pinned at the center back. The dress closes at the center back with a zipper and two (2) hooks over fabric loops, with one hook above the zipper and one below the zipper at the waist. The bodice of the dress is lined in black synthetic fabric. The skirt is lined in black stiffener.

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