Kelly Chase Couture 26-652 is a floor-length Kelly Chase Couture gown cut from black brocade woven - not printed - with oversized roses in cornflower blue, silver grey and charcoal. The neckline is strapless, edged in a scalloped band of solid black satin that runs the full way around and carries straight across a back that stays completely closed over a concealed zipper. The bodice is princess-seamed and lightly boned so the roses break over the rib cage instead of twisting off the seam, and the skirt holds close through hip and thigh before it releases into a mermaid sweep built from flared brocade panels with solid black godets set between them - the gown reads deep and quiet standing still, then flashes contrast the moment she moves. The front slit opens at the knee rather than the thigh and is faced in the same black. Shown in the Black/Blue colorway and cut to order in sizes 0 through 28 at $3,387.50; sizes 18 and up carry the manufacturer 20 percent surcharge, standard delivery runs about 14 weeks, and rush delivery is available.
At this price you are paying for couture-tier construction - a brocade woven on the loom rather than a print, a boned and seamed bodice, contrast godets and a faced slit - and for a gown cut to your measurements instead of pulled off a rack. A strapless bodice only works if the top edge sits level and stays level through dinner and dancing, and a mermaid hem only works if it is set to your stride and finished to the exact heel you plan to wear, which is why we would rather you try it on than guess. Book an appointment or call 856-428-8181 and see it at Jan's Boutique, 406 Marlton Pike E, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034 - 13,000 square feet, 50 dressing rooms and more than 15,000 gowns in stock since 1974, with on-site professional alterations and no New Jersey sales tax on clothing. This one is styled for evening and cocktail, wedding guests, guest of the bride and groom, charity galas, military balls, bar and bat mitzvah moms, grandmothers of the bride and debutante evenings, with evening plus sizes and plus size fittings through 28. Also see Kelly Chase 26-648 in navy, 26-649 in dark purple satin and 26-623 in gold floral jacquard.
