1950s Mainbocher Pale Pink Floral Silk Couture Dress Skirt_Set_With_Tie calf length skirt is gathered

calf length skirt is gathered at the waist and is of stiff jacquard fabric in back with red metallic dots lined in cotton

Best suited to US size 2 - 4

In wonderful condition

well-executed repair on the right sleeve close to the bottom line of the feathers and some thinning of the feathers from the left shoulder

NOTES ON DESIGNER: Mr

1950s Mainbocher Pale Pink Floral Silk Couture Dress Skirt_Set_With_Tie calf length skirt is gatheredThis beautiful 1950s calf length dress by celebrated American couturier Mainboucher, who famously designed Wallis Simpson's wedding dress and trousseau for her marriage to the Duke of Windsor in 1937, and whose designs are extolled for "exclusivity, good breeding, and rarefied taste". All this is evident in this lovely piece. The opulent pale pink silk is printed with a floral design in pale green and lilac with raised velvet patterns placed