60’s/70’s Black Velvet Evening Dress With Bow Waist By Sandine OriginalsBlack velvet party dress from the 1970s features a black and white ribbon with bow for a waistband. It has double spaghetti straps, and it is not backless as it might appear in the photos. The chest was just too small to zip all the way up on our size 6 mannequin. The full length skirt has an eight inch wide ruffle around the bootm that is lined in white fabric. The velvet is probably rayon (formerly called "artificial silk" and now often called