1960s Jean Varon Slit Front Empire Waist Art Deco Print Dress designer-maggy-rouff painted metal zipper on the

painted metal zipper on the exterior overlay

There is two teeny runs (1/4" and 1/2" respectively) in the fabric under one arm that appear stable and did not increase with cleaning

Here this beautiful blue silk dress plays on that theme with hand crafted

Front pockets along the seam

1960s Jean Varon Slit Front Empire Waist Art Deco Print Dress designer-maggy-rouff painted metal zipper on theJean Bates designed under the name Jean Varon in 1959 and quickly became a favorite of the British fashion sect. In 1965 one of his dresses was chosen as the 'Dress of the Year' and donated to the Fashion Museum in Bath, the same museum who held a retrospective of his work in 2006. Here he has done a brilliant little dress that is heavily influenced by the love for all things Art Deco during this time period. If it was not such a tiny sized piece I