1972-73 Zandra Rhodes Seashell Silk Chiffon Dress designer-biba Understated but refined

Understated but refined

Item# E413

In person this present as a more white and turquoise print with no tinge of yellowing to the fabric at all - that is a trick of the light when it was photoed

The work is remarkable - a textured silk has been knife pleated and the over-stitched in horizontal rows from shoulder to the dropped waist

Over this the strapless bodice sits and is fitted with a shaped bust and pretty gathered band right under it

1972-73 Zandra Rhodes Seashell Silk Chiffon Dress designer-biba Understated but refinedIn 1972 Zandra Rhodes was visiting New York on a regular basis and was good friends with a couple named Donna and Jo Lomardo. The three of them would often go antique hunting and on one such foray Zandra found a shell covered wicker basket and it is from this little object that her entire 1972 73 "Shell" collection was born. Here the shell design in hand painted onto a rose colored pink silk chiffon dress to great effect. It has her signature cut with