c.1971 Lanvin Demi-Couture Fringe Printed Panne Velvet Skirt designer-givenchy Very few of these were

Very few of these were made and this particular collection was not well photographed except for the closing Shalom performance where she is painted in her dress while standing on a moving platform built into the stage

The cutouts each close with hidden hook & eye behind the decorative buttons

Sleeveless and with a dipped and pointed waistline from which the skirt flows to the floor

The sleeves are long as well and it has the unusual addition of long jersey ties at each shoulder

Fully lined in a black silk taffeta with the bodice having a separate inner silk taffeta corset

c.1971 Lanvin Demi-Couture Fringe Printed Panne Velvet Skirt designer-givenchy Very few of these wereThis would have been designed by Belgian born Jules Francois Crahay, who headed the Lanvin ateliers from 1964 1984. He has been "noted as one of fashions great colorists with his colorful patterns making his 1970s Lanvin designs hugely desirable and influential." His realm is one of my favorites for the house and the period through the late sixties and into the 70s in particular. He was a genius at print and color and he pushed the envelope in terms