1950s Couture Pink Petal Dress & Jacket designer-pierre-cardin Closes with a back painted

Closes with a back painted metal zip

On the bodice the ed fabric is top stitched in a quilted look and applied over the black base

Everything about this piece is perfection

Stunning and rare

This extraordinary patchwork leather set is from the Spring Summer 1999 collection

1950s Couture Pink Petal Dress & Jacket designer-pierre-cardin Closes with a back paintedStunningly beautiful silk satin petal dress is absolutely to die! Ingenious example of the care to construction and the high level of execution of the period. The fabric alone is brilliant it changes from a soft pale pink gradually deepening as it nears the petalled hem to a deep true pink. The jacket does the opposite with a deeper hue at the shoulders and then gradually softening at the waist to match the color of the dress. The jacket is a