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Prettiest Spring 2020 Oscar de la Renta by Laura Kim & Fernando Garcia Silk Print Halter Dress
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This gorgeous dress is from the Spring 2020 Oscar de la Renta collection under the creative direction of Laura Kim and Fernando Garcia. This was a ready-to-wear piece that was produced for the shops and it is stunning and easy to wear. It was Look 36 in their RTW look book presented for clients with an original price tag at the time of $5390USD. It is a definite show stopper and I love it.
This is one of the prettiest modern Oscar dresses I have had in the shop and I love it. The movement it has when it is on and you walk is just incredible. It is made out of the perfect tangerine and white coloured silk that is perfectly light in weight so it has beautiful movement when you move. The halter front extends and curves up and over the shoulders and then drops in the same V at the back. The silk crosses over itself at the front and it is set into a wide band that adds shape around the waist. At the top of each shoulder the fabric has an attached tie that trails down your back. I have tied them into a small bow and if you wanted the trailing ends to be longer you could tie them into a simple knot instead. I love the added drama and prettiness that this adds to the dress. The skirt is set into the waist band in little knife pleats all the way around you. Buttons run all the way down the front with a slit left from the hem up for a flash of leg. I love the little added detail the buttons give the dress. A second horizontal seam sits just below the hip and another series of pleats create the skirt that then falls to the floor. Doing the different sections of the skirt adds visual interest and also allows the lower skirt to open up more. The movement that this gives it shows best when you move and the lightness of the silk causes the skirt to move with the slightest bit of air. When this is on and you are walking the movement in the skirt and those ties that draped down your back all create is absolutely gorgeous. The final perfect detail is that perfect summer feeling floral print that runs over the entire dress. It is beautiful. Excellent condition
Fully lined in the same printed silk as the exterior. The ties on the shoulder are stitched in place and you can put them into a bow or leave them loose. It closes with a back set zipper and the buttons at the front are functional. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Original uncut length. Tagged a modern 0DLR 8
Bust: each halter covers approx 10" across from side to side
Seam at the top of the 4" band: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist seam at the bottom of the band: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 26" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 13" from the top of the shoulder to the top of the waist band
Total length: 62" from top of the bust to front hem, 62" to the back hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG
Item# DD4758
Reference Photos: (1) Spring 2020 Oscar de la Renta ready-to-wear Look 36
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![Important Fall 1972 Hanae Mori Couture Ad & Book Piece Silk Chiffon Printed & Ruffled One Sleeve Caftan Dress](http://www.shrimptoncouture.com/cdn/shop/files/1_2dce7a06-d07b-4f20-b08a-4548e030ebbb_{width}x.jpg?v=1719689874)
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Important Fall 1972 Hanae Mori Couture Ad & Book Piece Silk Chiffon Printed & Ruffled One Sleeve Caftan Dress
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Hanae was the first woman of Japanese descent to have presented on the Paris and New York runways and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official Haute Couture house to La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Her work is exceptional. Hanae Mori excelled at these beautiful prints that combined nature had elements of her homeland. Her caftans are the most sought after pieces and so very hard to find. When I find pieces like this one that is such a stunningly beautify example of her caftans I am very happy. I feel that pieces like this are among the very best representations of her work. This one is extra special as its near twin was used in the ad campaign that year and its actual twin is predominantly featured in the book on her work "Hannae Mori 1960-1989". It is not always easy to date her pieces and I love having such wonderful documentation. It also shows you how beautiful this piece is on the body.
This is everything you look for in a piece by Hanae Mori. It is spectacular. Her caftans especially are almost impossible to find anymore and this one has been in my archives forever. It has one of her custom designed prints screened onto masses of feather light silk chiffon that is layered over an inner silk twill sheath dress with the same print. Think the finest silk scarf you could have in terms of weight and feel. The entire dress has been printed with gorgeous tropical trees, mountains and birds that are seen flitting across its surface. The neckline is high and folded over itself and the shoulders are soft. The inner dress is attached around the neckline and top of the shoulders and then falls to the floor, skimming over the body where it widens out a touch as it reaches the hem. The top layer floats spectacularly over that. On one side is an attached sleeve and that sleeve balloons out beautifully over a more structured cuff. On the other side the silk extends out to cape over the arm and there are miles of fabric on that side. This top layer is spectacularly full and falls on a curve down to the hem of the dress. All of the edge on that side, around the hem, and up the side on the other side are finished with a wide ruffled hem. There are three layers of silk that make up that ruffled hem. It is incredible. As with the best of Hanae's dresses the effect of having the same print on the top layer and the inner layer gives the design added dimension and depth as they float over each other. The movement and drama that all this fabric creates is extraordinary. This is a dress that you slip on and feel completely comfortable when wearing it and yet it has as much drama and impact as you could ask for. I love having that spectacular book photo to really show you how wonderful the dress is. It is a stunning and very rare and well documented example of her work and beautifully made. I love it. Excellent condition with some minor notes below.
The inner dress is a silk twill that is lined in a silk and the outer silk chiffon layer floats over that. The inner dress zips to close, and then the outer dress buttons to close over that with hook and eye at the neck. The cuff closes with two silk covered snaps. There are a couple of tiny marks on the outer layer here and there. I also see one tiny pinhole in the silk chiffon on the back of the arm and a small repair at the base of the exterior opening. All are minor. Please see the photos after the label shot. The edges of the ruffles are hand rolled and have wire in them for shape. Extensive hand finishing throughout the entire caftan. The colour is slightly more pastel feeling in person. The inner dress could easily be adjusted up or down so should work on a range of sizes
Sleeve: 26" and it is 13" around the upper arm
Shoulders: approx 15" but no true defined seam
Inner bust: to 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: to 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 21.5" flat across the inner seam but adjustable with the sash
Total length: 61" from top of the shoulder to the longest point of the hem
Reference Photo: (1) From the book " Hanae Mori 1960-1989". / (2) Hanae Mori ad from Vogue UK, November 1972.
Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG
Item# DD4757
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![Amazing c.1971-1972 Lanvin by Jules-Francois Crahay Floral Printed Backless Halter Dress](http://www.shrimptoncouture.com/cdn/shop/files/1_abaa6ffc-6a25-4b37-8589-9f3a1c69cf13_{width}x.jpg?v=1719690561)
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Amazing c.1971-1972 Lanvin by Jules-Francois Crahay Floral Printed Backless Halter Dress
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This dress was designed by Belgian-born Jules-Francois Crahay, who headed the Lanvin ateliers from 1964-1984. He has been noted as one of fashion’s 'great colorists with his colorful patterns making his 1970s Lanvin designs hugely desirable and influential.' His time at the Lanvin label is one of my personal favourites for the house. I especially love the his work during the period through the late sixties and into the early 1970s. He was a genius at print and colour and he pushed the envelope in terms of using cutting edge fabrics available during this time period. He mainly used this type of fabric for his 1971-1972 collections and in the book on his work 'Jules Francois Crahay" by Lannoo there is a detail photo of a couture fabric noted as been most likely from the fall 1971 Couture collection and you can see it has the same weave as this one. I love it.
This Lanvin dress is gorgeous. I am in absolute love with it. The dress has a gorgeous bright colour and print combination. The cotton pique it is made of is light in weight and holds colour exceptionally well so the colours are still crisp, bright and true. It has a beautiful texture running through it that adds visual interest and structure to the fabric so that it holds the intended shape. The front halter is created by two triangles that extend and curve up and behind the neck. They meet at the top of a wide band that defines the waist starting just under the bust. This leaves the back completely bare and open for a bit of a sexy feel to the dress. The band that gives the dress the shape is a full 5 1/2 inches wide. From there the skirt falls to the floor and it widens as it nears the hem. I love how the pattern is laid out onto the dress to emphasize the different parts of it. The halter has the smaller floral pattern and then the waist has stripes that are set just under the bust. You see the smaller floral anchored with stripes around the hips and then a giant floral pattern wraps around your legs. A double stripe anchors the whole dress at the hem and ties everything together. The colour is a coral red with those pops of yellow, green and soft orange. The pattern is spectacular and it is an instantly recognizable piece of his work. The perfect finish is the top set pockets that sit on each hip. I love it. Excellent condition
Fully lined through the band of the waist and the skirt in an orange silk and the halter top is unlined. It closes with a low set back zipper.
Bust: each halter covers approx 7" flat across from side to side
Seam at the top of the band: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist seam at the bottom of the band: 13.75" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 10" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 13" from neck to top of the band at the waist
Total length: 59" from neck to hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED
Item# DD4756
Reference Photo: From the book "Jules Francois Crahay" by Lannoo.
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