Rare Spring 1978 Philippe Venet the Haute Couture Runwau Sample Pale Mint Silk One Shoulder Dress designer-holly-harp coated silk has a beautiful

coated silk has a beautiful geometric design that covers its surface

This one has a black silk chiffon base that has a lovely art deco influenced swirled and panelled design using a combination of jet black and brilliant blue beads

The basic black means you can wear it with just about anything and dress it up or down depending on how you style it

Vogue said of this collection "Rosie Assoulin's buzzed-about NYFW debut placed her at the top of industry watch lists

It is more fitted around the upper hips and then it is perfectly pleated with wide knife pleats that have sharply defined edges and deep folds

Rare Spring 1978 Philippe Venet the Haute Couture Runwau Sample Pale Mint Silk One Shoulder Dress designer-holly-harp coated silk has a beautifulThis is the actual runway sample piece that walked the runway for the Spring 1978 Philippe Venet show. It was made under the creative direction of Philippe Venet. The dress has it proper Couture tag and its handwritten tag designating its show number and the model. I love that we found a reference photo so you can see how fantastic this dress is once it is on an actual body. Philippe Venet apprenticed to a local tailor who was authorized to make