Late 1970s Early 1980s Hubert de Givenchy Haute Couture Gold Embroidered Off Shoulder Dress designer-mr-blackwell It is cut on the

It is cut on the bias so once you slip it on the seaming and bias cut drape the dress over you and it feels like you are wearing nothing

Over that inner skirt there are the very full outer layers of the skirt

Item# DD1319

Sleeves: 18" and are 13" around the upper arm

They are extremely wide by the time they reach the floor with each one being a full 45" all the way around the hem

Late 1970s Early 1980s Hubert de Givenchy Haute Couture Gold Embroidered Off Shoulder Dress designer-mr-blackwell It is cut on theHubert de Givenchy moved to Paris in 1942 where he worked for Jacques Fath, then Elsa Schiaparelli, and eventually Cristobal Balenciaga. Givenchy often attributed much of his later success to the years with to Mr Balenciaga and what he learned while there. In 1952, Givenchy founded his namesake house in Paris and quickly rose to fame as one of the great couturiers of our time. I am always pleased to find any of his Haute Couture work as it is so rare.