#1317 • Jeran Designs Hand Beaded "Art Deco" Evening Gown

Part of The Jeran Couture & Fine Jewelry Runway Show (timed auction by GWS Auctions)

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $25,000-$30,000 Jeran Designs Hand Beaded Black Chiffon "Art Deco" Signature Evening Gown W/Asymmetrical Neckline - This stunning floor length evening gown by Jeran Designs is constructed of black chiffon and is a signature look which is a tour de force of the house's couture line. The gown has a 1920s-30s Art Deco inspired design which radiates sophistication and grandeur. The gown has an asymmetrical pointed neckline with boning, beaded 0.5" spaghetti straps with crystal lochronens and silver bugle beads, hidden front right zipper and a 21" slit up the front right side. The gown is completely embellished with hand beading from the straps to the bottom hem, and truly displays the work of a master. It is beaded from the front and back neckline to the waist with an ornate geometrical design created with silver and jet black bugle beads trimmed with crystal lochrosens. The gown also has a heavy silver rocaille seed bead graduated border which goes down the front center to the bottom hem and is finished with geometrical details of jet black and silver bugle beads and jet black lochrosens. The remaining length of the gown is completely encrusted with jet black bugle beads beaded in the vermicelli style, showing the excellent attention to detail which is synonymous with the Jeran name. The gown bears interior Jeran Designs, Made in U.S.A. and size 8 labels. Approximate measurements: bust-32", waist-30", length underarm to hem-45".Jeran Designs was founded by Emmy Award-nominated designers and life-partners of 30 years, Jerry Skeels and Randy McLaughlin. The pair were the epitome of Hollywood glamour through the 1980s and 90s, and created some of the decade's most iconic fashions. They created the sparkling red gown worn by Joan Collins on her December 1983 Playboy Magazine cover, and the infamous "Hollywood Graffiti Gown" hand-beaded with the signatures of over 345 of Hollywood's most influential women in entertainment and other fields. The Graffiti Gown took over 24 years to come to life and was created to bring awareness to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the United States. The gown was first envisioned by McLaughlin in 1980, and was finished and revealed in 2004 at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences "TV Cares Ribbon of Hope Celebration" where the duo were honored for their humanitarian efforts in creating the gown. In addition to the one-of-a-kind Playboy and Graffiti gowns, Skeels and McLaughlin created the wedding dress with a 10-foot train worn by Nikki Reed Newman (Melody Thomas Scott) on The Young and the Restless, and dressed the likes of Connie Sellecca, Cheryl Ladd, Lana Turner, Kim Novak, Donna Mills, Lindsay Wagner, Tina Turner, Natalie Cole, Little Richard and the legendary Liberace at the height of the 80s and 90s. The pair also designed for the models on Star Search and spent 22 years designing gowns for the models and for prizes of "The Price Is Right," and created pieces for shows such as "The Young and the Restless" and "The Bold and the Beautiful."