Vintage 1960s Metallic Lamé Dress Lew Shedlack Montreal Sz M 60s was a specialty shop that

was a specialty shop that offered evening gowns and special occasion wear

Dunn & Co was founded in 1887 eventually expanding into a chain of 200 retailers with a string of High Street stores offering high quality formal wear

there is a bit of wear to the lining at the interior pocket and a bit at the partially missing neck loop

It is fully lined in a black nylon fabric

measured flat from the top of the bodice to the hemline

Vintage 1960s Metallic Lamé Dress Lew Shedlack Montreal Sz M 60s was a specialty shop thatThis is a striking 1960s metallic lam dress made by Montreal designer Lew Shedlack. Shedlack (d. 1978) was active from the 1940s through the 1950s and 60s and was a quality manufacturer, similar to Auckie Sanft of Montreal. Shedlack was known to use Parisian fashion fabrics on his garments, and I have no doubt that the fabric used for this 1960s metallic lam dress was of French origin. The dress is hand finished and obviously custom made, not mass