wrapped in an invention designed to blow all his valves , a creation of gray-silver that seemed to have been spun from the luminous seas of her eyes , with the flawlessness of her neck and shoulders shown to distressing advantage by an off-shoulder neckline and a chunky , relaxed wave of raven gossamer brushing just above a hint of a cleavage , she could have stepped out of a black-and-white silver screen classic .