What period is this dress mimicking?

[themerchantsofvintage]

This is a teeny tiny blackish purple 80s (late, I think) ruched taffetta dress and I would like to know what period this is styled after, please and THANKS!

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[themerchantsofvintage]

And what would you call that neckline?

 

[vintageclothesline]

50s. I wanted to say portrait collar but it is not...let me see if I have a pattern around here with a similar collar.

 

[themerchantsofvintage]

Of course! Thanks, Linda - my mind was travelling back several hundred years for some reason...