1960s French Couture Green and Pink Floral Embroidered Dress Vintage_70s_Clothes 12 cm )HIP: 37 in

12 cm )HIP: 37 in

It is covered all over with beads of varying sizes in lustrous blue

Labelled with the Jenners of Edinburgh label which was founded in 1838 and one of the oldest department stores in the world to continuously trade from the same site

Yves Saint Laurent

Fashioned from lightweight cotton with filet lace rose design inserts throughout the chest

1960s French Couture Green and Pink Floral Embroidered Dress Vintage_70s_Clothes 12 cm )HIP: 37 inEmbroidered all over, this 1960s dress is smothered in ombr toned pink and green flowers. The label reads Lyne Borel 38 Avenue de L'opera Paris and she was clearly a couture trained seamstress. Of note, both Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain made ready to wear dresses using this fabric for their 1967 collections. We have attached a documented Balmain example from the same year. The bodice, of white cotton, is covered by a thin layer of white organza