Prettiest 1970s Wallis Off Shoulder Red & Blue Floral Print Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-victor-costa downright sexy dressing

downright sexy dressing

another came covered in baby-fine knitted lace

Bust: there are no true defined side seams since it is so open

Length: 14" top to bottom

The designer behind the Helga label and her partner/husband were avid collectors of art and it is said that they used their trips to Europe to not only buy fabric but to buy art

Prettiest 1970s Wallis Off Shoulder Red & Blue Floral Print Dress w Balloon Sleeves designer-victor-costa downright sexy dressingThe Wallis Department store opened its door in 1923 and by the 1940s they had expanded to 25 shops across the UK. At their heyday that number went up to 134 stores. In the 1950s the company would pay a fee to attend Paris fashion shows and that fee allowed them to replicate exact copies of designs. By the sixties this practice had shifted to the younger British designers. Their in house label produced many gorgeous pieces and the demand for these