1950s Custom Indian Silk Screened Suit mao-hide I love the elaborate and

I love the elaborate and intricate band of gathers that goes across the back and circles to the front

and is constructed of two layers of almost weightless silk - chiffon on the top and tissue silk underneath

I would date this as an early sixties piece and you can still see the influence of Christian's earlier ten year reign in that fabulous collar

Both the dress and the coat are fully lined in a cream silky rayon

1950s Custom Indian Silk Screened Suit mao-hide I love the elaborate andI love the classic cut of this suit with it's box jacket and slim pencil skirt. And I could go on for days about the fabric! This was a custom made piece for a client that traveled to Bombay in the fifties and it is really one of the best example of silk from this period that I have seen! The skirt is a simple slightly A line cut meant to skim over your curves and feel refined and classy. The jacket that classic fifties box cut and it has the most