About the dress Dame Shirley is wearing in this clip. Description & Notes Two gowns comprising: a short-sleeved evening gown of red velour with black lamé spots simulating animal skin, with cowl back, split to the knee and ruched to the waist at the back, labelled inside Bruce Oldfield; and - an elegant sleeveless high-necked stage gown with tulip skirt, the natural-toned silk ground covered with red net embroidered overall with red and orange beads in a flowerhead and foliate pattern, with ...