c.1955 Jean Desses Green Silk Dress w Fused Velvet Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel Waist: variable

Waist: variable

It is in excellent condition but it looks to me like the sleeve opening was re-done at some point in its history

The slubbed silk adds texture and the color has a hint of pink - not fully conveyed here in these photos but very pretty in person

Item# S777

Large signed gilt metal "chandeliers" feature genuine hematite stone cabochons and 'jet' Swarovski crystals

c.1955 Jean Desses Green Silk Dress w Fused Velvet Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel Waist: variableJean Desses became a designated Haute Couture house under the official Chambre Syndicate de la Haute Couture in 1937. In 1949 he began a ready to wear line to broaden his client base. However, his career was fairly short lived and by 1960 the couture portion of his business was closed, followed by the closure of the ready to wear line five years later. When he expanded his atelier to serve the overseas market in the late 1950s, he was among the small