Important & Rare Spring 1966 Madame Gres Printed Silk Chiffon Cut Out Dress designer-alfred-bosand rich golden cream

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There is a pattern worked into the fabric and parts of it are raised with a different finish then the parts that are not raised

The top is lined in a taupe silk

It falls from below a massive crystal detailing at the small of the back and it has streaming rows of rhinestones that create the tails of that 'shooting star' effect that Vogue mentions above

Important & Rare Spring 1966 Madame Gres Printed Silk Chiffon Cut Out Dress designer-alfred-bosand rich golden creamMadame Gres' work has had profound effects on Haute Couture and her influence still resonates to this day. Her attention to detail, master draping techniques and respect for the female form is unparalleled. She was known for designing and creating garments directly on her models and this became a signature of her work. She opened her first atelier, La Maison Alix in 1932. A partnership briefly changed the house's name to Alix Barton and then the label