c.1976-77 Chanel True Haute Couture Red & Black Floral Print Silk Dress designer-missoni The bodice is stunning -

The bodice is stunning - it skims the torso and the entire neckline is finished with an elastic so that you can wear it wide and off the shoulder

The skirt falls and flares out softly to just past the knee

Every line is a study in thought and detail and used to contrast and build on the rest of the design

This Azzedine Alaia bra top is just blatantly sexual

Skirt: 20" from bottom of the banding at the waist to hem

c.1976-77 Chanel True Haute Couture Red & Black Floral Print Silk Dress designer-missoni The bodice is stunning -True Haute Couture pieces by Chanel are an extraordinary find as they are so very rare and hard to come by. This one, like several other of the Haute Couture pieces in the shop at the moment, are from one of my clients whose mother purchased the majority of her Couture pieces between 1973 to the mid and late seventies. The dress is made of two layers. There is an inner silk dress that acts as the lining, and then an outer layer over that, made from a