1980s Isabel Allard Paris Plunge Dress w Velvet and Huge Tassel Detail designer-azzedine-alaia A dramatic two toned shawl

A dramatic two toned shawl that is the full length of the piece and then some can be styled in a variety of ways

Fully lined in a yellow silk that is hand set

the surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim

Shoulder: 16'

I have had a dress in the past that matches it line for line in cut and construction but was a shorter version

1980s Isabel Allard Paris Plunge Dress w Velvet and Huge Tassel Detail designer-azzedine-alaia A dramatic two toned shawlThis is a stunning dress by the French designer Isabelle Allard. It has a real French feel about it and effortlessly combines the different elements used in its construction. The shoulder are padded and string and the front plunges right to where the high waistline is set. The sleeves are set from the shoulder to the top if that waistline as well and then taper in as they near the wrist. The skirt is the same light wool jersey that the top is made out