Elegant Spring 1989 Nina Ricci by Gerard Pipart Haute Couture Runway Deep Blue Silk Dress designer-bellville-sassoon 5" from top of bodice

5" from top of bodice to front hem

These add tremendous movement and glitz to the piece and the one element you aren't getting in the pictures is the movement this piece has when worn - its astonishingly beautiful

There is nothing like vintage Pucci and his cotton pieces that were meant for the beach are among my absolute favorites

It combines hand carved metal and has different kinds of embellishments that all been placed by hand in the pattern that you see over the dress on the front and waist

Elegant Spring 1989 Nina Ricci by Gerard Pipart Haute Couture Runway Deep Blue Silk Dress designer-bellville-sassoon 5" from top of bodiceThis is a phenomenal dress whose twin walked the runway for the Spring 1989 Nina Ricci show. It was made under the creative direction of Gerard Pipart. I love that there are runway reference photos of the dress so you can see how it will sit once on the body. The dress is true Couture and was completely made by hand in the Paris atelier. It is made out of a deep blue silk that is very high quality and it is lined by hand in a matching blue silk