1960s Lagerfeld for Jean Patou Silk Dress designer-nina-ricci Hard to find larger sized

Hard to find larger sized fifties cocktail dress has a strong hint of the burlesque and saloon girls to it

very early rendition of what would go onto become one of Ossie's most famous and recognizable designs

Trust Judy to have bought this when Sprouse was yet to become an icon

I have attempted tp photo it in a way that you can see the lace work to its best advantage

smocked bodice and a pretty tie at the neck balance skinny long sleeves

1960s Lagerfeld for Jean Patou Silk Dress designer-nina-ricci Hard to find larger sizedReally an exception Jean Patou that would have been designed while Karl Lagerfeld was in charge of the atelier during the early sixties. It is absolutely amazing and though not numbered is from the Atelier so is most likely a True Couture piece or at least a demi couture dress but not the RTW line. A heavy chocolate silk is bias cut and has a nod to the twenties in its cut a low low dropped waist seam suggest the flapper silhouette. Those spectacular