Dress, woman's, black silk crepe and black beads, with short sleeves, cross-over front bodice with "modesty" panel, dramatic arm treatment---strips of fabric coming off of back panel, beaded along edges with beaded wrist band strips (one strip for each arm), with a tapered piece of beaded fabric coming off of the left hip that snaps (2) back onto itself forming a graceful decorative element, beaded waistband and beaded circle of fabric with molded faceted circular black jewels sewn on that snaps onto waist three snaps, heavily beaded with black faceted bugle beads in floral/geometric designs and lined with satin.