NWT, b Michael America Red Collection Taffeta Dress

NWT, beautiful size 8, luminous purple, sleeveless and fully lined.  V-neck front, form fitting.  Polyester blend, hidden back zipper with eye hook closure.  Length 37 from shoulder to hemline, pit to pit approx 18 flat.  Fashion designer B Michael was born in 1957 and raised in Durham, Connecticut.  He started designing hats under Oscar de la Renta, Louis Feraud, and Nolan Miller for the 1980s television soap opera Dynasty.  In 1989, he decided to launch his namesake millinery line and in 1999 developed and launched his first couture collection.  B Michael’s collections have garnered appreciative fans including socialites and personalities such as Cicely Tyson, Ashley Bouder, Amy Fine Collins, Tamara Tunie, Beyoncé, Nancy Wilson, Susan Fales-Hill, President Barack Obama's poet laureate Elizabeth Alexander, and Lena Horne, among many others. He also designed Whitney Houston’s costumes for the motion picture, Sparkle.