#1328 • Jeran Designs Accessory Gown W/Belt & Shoulder Bag

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

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $8,000-$8,500 Jeran Designs Black Velvet Sleeveless Accessory Evening Gown W/Hand Beaded Jeweled Belt & Shoulder Bag - This gorgeous accessory gown by Jeran Designs is constructed of luxurious black velvet and has a strapless, floor length design with a 25" slit up the back center hem. The simple yet elegant gown is accompanied by a stunning hand beaded and jeweled belt and matching shoulder bag. The belt measures 2" wide and has a 4.75" long V shape in the front of the piece. The gorgeous belt and evening bag with detachable 42" shoulder strap are masterfully hand beaded and jeweled with green iris, violet, purple, and teal bugle beads, are accentuated with green, violet and blue rose montees of various sizes and shapes, green and violet lochrosens, and are trimmed with gold bugle beads and AB crystal lochrosen accents. The gown bears interior Jeran Designs, Made in U.S.A. and size 6 labels. Size: 6. This black gown is a beautiful and versatile wardrobe staple, and can be worn in a variety of ways with your various favorite accessories. Approximate measurements: belt-adjustable 28.5", 29" & 29.5" length, evening bag-9"L x 5.5"H x 2.5"D. Gown approximate measurements: bust-32", waist-28", hip-36". The belt and evening bag were custom made by Warren R. Caton of A1 Pleating & Custom Belting, who worked with the late Bill Whitten, Bob Mackie and designed for the likes of Cher, Joan Collins, Elizabeth Taylor, The Supremes, the Jacksons and others.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."