Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-geoffrey-beene soft wool with rounded

soft wool with rounded

It is vertically seamed all the way around which again gives it that ease of movement while still holding the body in place

Length of floating panels: approx 76" from shoulder to longest point on each one

which relied heavily on the designs coming out of the Italian couturiers

It is 58" long from neck to hem

Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-geoffrey-beene soft wool with roundedThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her