Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-Odette-Barsa Onto that dense hand applied

Onto that dense hand applied sequins are done in clusters to give little glints of light

Total length: 20" from the top of the shoulder to bottom

skimming over the body and gently widening out as it nears the hem

and a strikingly similar version appeared in Vogue editorial that year as well

Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-Odette-Barsa Onto that dense hand appliedThis 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