c.1976 Nina Ricci Silk Voile Pink Paisley Print Ruffle Trim Dress designer-sybil-connolly Each sleeve is cut just

Each sleeve is cut just above the wrist and they are on the wider side

deep pleating worked in the skirting and bodice and hand placed work through the hem so it has the slightest drawing in to suggest a tulip silhouette

The edges are finished with a silver piping

Every seam and edging is completely hand done and the level of workmanship that has been put into this piece is extraordinary

The front zips low into the skirt at the front and a tie belt allows you to cinch in the waist as you wish

c.1976 Nina Ricci Silk Voile Pink Paisley Print Ruffle Trim Dress designer-sybil-connolly Each sleeve is cut justThis wonderful pink silk voile dress is from the Nina Ricci Boutique ready to wear line. When hunting for a reference to date it by, I happened across a photo from 1976 that has a Ricci dress in a very similar print, color and ruffle trim finish. The Ricci atelier was launched in Paris in 1932, Ricci retired from designing in the early 1950s and then Jules Francois Crahay headed the design team until he left for Lanvin in 1963. That makes this dress