Extraordinary Fall 1975 John Anthony Couture Ivory Silver Hand Beaded Runway Sample Dress z-archive-christianlacroix The dress is fully lined

The dress is fully lined in a hand set green silk of very high quality

(Note that the photo of the repair was taken with a different camera - the color in the other photos are the more accurate color of the dress)

It really is a lovely dress

The top is unlined and closes with front buttons

This is a gorgeous little jacket that is most likely from the late fifties and it still feels as chic now as it would have then

Extraordinary Fall 1975 John Anthony Couture Ivory Silver Hand Beaded Runway Sample Dress z-archive-christianlacroix The dress is fully linedJohn has dived into his archives once more for me and today I have two of the dresses he sent for you with more to come. This is the actual runway sample from the Fall 1975 collection and you can see how fantastic it is on the body on the reference photo we found. The bead work on it was done by hand by Madame Gandini who did beading for many of the Couture houses of the day. John is one of my favorite American designers and right out of the gate he