1930s Blue and Cream Bias Cut Silk Floral Print Dress Couture Runway Rare Finished to Haute Couture standards

Finished to Haute Couture standards and entirely done by hand

It closes with the front buttons and hook & eye at the waist

Unlined and buttons to close to the waist

It is a two piece set

Even the one from the MET seems to have the same softening of the pleats and I believe this occurs partly from age and partly as a result of the pleats being moved more in this area when worn

1930s Blue and Cream Bias Cut Silk Floral Print Dress Couture Runway Rare Finished to Haute Couture standardsA very pretty silk bias cut dress from the 1930s that has the prettiest white floral design screened onto the navy blue base. It is pieced together with minimal seaming. The movement you get once it is one is all created because the silk is cut on the bias. This all falls in a swath of silk from the shoulders and it is far prettier on a real body then how it has photoed on the mannequin. The front has an almost squared off neckline and the cut is cut