1950s Hardy Amies Couture Fine Silk Organza & Lace Dress designer-andre-courreges The dress looks fabulous with

The dress looks fabulous with or without it

The base is black silk and the interior is lined in a solid black with a pale cream and pink silk inset in the upper half and through the sleeves of the interior

The jagged finished hem is the focal point - it has a row of black yarn pom poms circling it all the way around and I love how these move and add a saucy and sexy finish

The dress is fully lined in a second layer of the same synthetic jersey

It is a spectacular skirt made of a fluid red silk

1950s Hardy Amies Couture Fine Silk Organza & Lace Dress designer-andre-courreges The dress looks fabulous withThe Hardy Amies couture house launched in 1946 and he added RTW in 1950. In 1951 Amies was chosen to design some of the wardrobe for Princess Elizabeths tour of Canada. That led to Amies appointment as the Royal Dressmaker in 1955 after Elizabeth became the Queen. He was known for his fine, elegant lines and love of the best of the best fabrics. A signature touch of Amies is a slightly dropped waistline as he thought it was more flattering and