Spring 1999 Oscar De La Renta Pale Green Striped Silk Taffeta Billowing Over Dress & Pant Set designer-oscar-de-la-renta Hand applied beads

Hand applied beads

The inner sweater slips on with a button at the back of the neck and the cardigan buttons to close

This version would be considered demi-couture and special ordered based on the haute Couture runway version directly through Saks Fifth Avenue and once finished imported back into America

The metal is gold toned and with big chunky engraved links

It's fun and fantastic

Spring 1999 Oscar De La Renta Pale Green Striped Silk Taffeta Billowing Over Dress & Pant Set designer-oscar-de-la-renta Hand applied beadsThis billowing silk taffeta dress and pant sent was shown in two color ways on the Spring 1999 runway; this green and taupe set and a blue stripe and yellow pant version that has a slightly different sleeve. The twin of the blue version was exhibited as a part of the 2016 Oscar de la Renta: The Retrospective exhibition at de Young Museum, San Francisco, curated by Andr Leon Talley. The exhibit was broken into different themed galleries and this dress