Do You Believe in Miracles?

A national survey shows that 73% of women believe in miracles; the finery you see here should convince the rest.

Wear it, and a window table becomes available at the Rainbow Room, a Marcello Mastroianni type invites you for a weekend in Cortina, and you get the part of Amanda in an upcoming revival of Private Lives.

Skeptics might try to explain this away by pointing out the fascinating glow of the velvet blouse, the rustle and sweep of the long silk skirt; but as Sir James Jeans observed: “The universe is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.”

Prepare to become a believer.

Velvet Weskit Blouse (No. 1935). Classic weskit style in lustrous rayon/silk fabric, will make any male at a black-tie affair glad he put on his tuxedo.  Dome-shaped self-covered buttons.

Women’s sizes: 4 through 16.

Color: Black.

Windowpane Silk Skirt (No. 3115). Acres of silk taffeta with a pattern from an 1860s original, intriguing cocktail-dress style — the hem dips from ankle-length in front to near-floor length in back. Sateen lining. Full sweep. Side gores. Elegant is an understatement.

Women’s sizes: 4 through 16.

Color: Black and Grey stripes on Rich Cream.

French Jet Crystal Collar (No. 2306). inspired by a Victorian “French jet” black- crystal beauty, popular in the 1870s. Handmade with antiqued jeweler’s metal, faceted Swarovski crystals that catch light brilliantly.

Dimensions: 17" long max. with adjustable clasp, 5" deep at center drop.