#1343 • Jeran Designs Hand Beaded Deco Inspired Evening Gown

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

Starting at $1.00

Status: Sold

Est. $10,000-$12,000 Jeran Designs Hand Beaded Lavender Satin & Chiffon Deco Inspired Sleeveless Evening Gown - This gorgeous floor length deco inspired evening gown is constructed of lined, lavender colored chiffon and satin striped fabric with gold lame threads, and has a sleeveless design with a v-cut neckline and a 26" thigh high slit at the left side. The gown is hand beaded with straight vertical lines of alternating iridescent AB and silver bugle beads, displaying the work of a master beader as straight lines are incredibly difficult and time consuming to complete and is one of the most difficult styles of beading. The front and back right side waist is decorated with angled panels of AB and silver bugle beads which lead to long 27" belted ties which are finished with decorative AB seed bead and silver lochrosen globes holding bugle bead tassels. The gown bears an interior Jeran Designs label. Approximate measurements: bust-30", waist-25", length underarm to hem-49".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."