#1390 • Jeran Designs Hand Beaded Chiffon "Puzzle" Slip 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 White Chiffon "Puzzle" Evening Slip Gown - This gorgeous floor length evening slip gown by Jeran Designs is constructed of white chiffon with white lining and has a v-cut neckline, a low v-cut back, 0.3" spaghetti straps, side zipper and a sultry 22" slit up the left hem. The gown is masterfully hand beaded with an elegant "puzzle" pattern created with iridescent AB and satin bugle beads lined with silver bugle bead trim, and also has silver bugle beaded straps. The gown bears interior Jeran Designs, Made in U.S.A. and size 8 labels. Approximate measurements: bust-34", waist-26", length underarm to hem-51".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."