Spring 1980 Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Haute Couture Silk Chiffon 'Feather' Dress designer-karl-lagerfeld This is over a jet

This is over a jet black silk base

The jacket is made from a black velvet that is as deep a black as you can get

Reference Photo: Spring 2000 Chanel Haute Couture Collection

The shoulders are set wide and each sleeve poufs out over the upper part of the arm and then curves and tapers down to the wrist

Spring 1980 Christian Dior by Marc Bohan Haute Couture Silk Chiffon 'Feather' Dress designer-karl-lagerfeld This is over a jetThe Shrimpton Couture Archives From Spring 1980 Haute Couture The show was titled 'Return to Classicism' Under the creative direction f Marc Bohan Feather light 'feathers' or 'leafs had made from black silk chiffon Slightly transparent throughout Completely made by hand in the Paris atelier Very light in weight Lined in a hand set black silk Bias cut with no closures, slips over the head I see a bit of stress along the edges of some of the silk