Exceptional Late 1970s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Silk Dress w Dramatic Wide Collar Shoulder Wrap designer-teal-traina The buttons are just for

The buttons are just for show

The contrasting black and white design covers the fabric from the top of the collar of the jacket to the bottom of that fabulous hem of the pant legs

All of the pockets are still tacked shut

The silk on this gown is feather light and has a beautiful design in black

It will also ship with an additional skinny belt covered in the same fabric (not pictured)

Exceptional Late 1970s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Silk Dress w Dramatic Wide Collar Shoulder Wrap designer-teal-traina The buttons are just forThis 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