Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-geoffrey-beene It is vertically seamed all

It is vertically seamed all the way around which again gives it that ease of movement while still holding the body in place

The fabric is cut on the bias so that the way it sits on the body is perfectly executed

It is 58" long from neck to hem

which relied heavily on the designs coming out of the Italian couturiers

Pre-fall and pre-spring collections are always produced in smaller numbers and harder to acquire

Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-geoffrey-beene It is vertically seamed allThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her