1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-andre-laug The skirt is cut to

The skirt is cut to cinch in at the waist and be swingy and sexy from there

fabric covered snaps at the wrist

The skirt has pleats that open all the way around the bottom

almost caped effect

The dress is lined with silk and silk organza and that skirt is completely piece together by individual panels

1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-andre-laug The skirt is cut toIn 1979 Zandra traveled to China and as inspired by what she found there. One of the fist designs she created form that trip were what she dubbed the "Chinese Water Circle" and the "Chinese Balls" patterns. Both of which are hand painted on red silk chiffon on this amazing dress. In the book The Art of Zandra Rhodes, she says, "To me China had purity and strength The strongest influences upon my Chinese prints were first, the stone carvings of water