Rare 1988 Christian Lacroix Demi-Couture Luxe Pink & Black Dot Silk Suit designer-madame-gres It is stupendously beautiful and

It is stupendously beautiful and shows you just how fabulous Oscar de la Renta was at designing this type of dress

He quickly became known for his work and his pieces were fast sellers

like whisper-light pleated skirts or midi-length ones of quilted down

This one is from his main label

This one is meant to be all curves and femaleness - the shoulders offset the nipped in waist and even the skirt rounds over the hips and then dips back in at the hem rather then swing out into an A-line

Rare 1988 Christian Lacroix Demi-Couture Luxe Pink & Black Dot Silk Suit designer-madame-gres It is stupendously beautiful andThis suit is from Christian Lacroix's Luxe label that was only produced the very first couple of seasons after launching his label. It was very high end expensive ready to wear that was made to demi couture standards and was available primarily to his couture clients and a select few beyond that. It was also the predecessor to his regular ready to wear collections. It is said that this label only lasted a couple of seasons because some of the couture