Rare c.1947 Nina Ricci Early Haute Couture Strapless Black Lace & Silk Taffeta Dress designer-bob-mackie skimming over the hips and

skimming over the hips and really opening out near the hem

The bodice is fully formed like a corset and the silk draped and shaped over it and then edged in dusky gold beads

None of these really detract and it is priced accordingly

I love the more demure combination of colors - it makes it easy to work with as a layered piece or perfect for lounging decadently at home

The base fabric is a mid-weight boucle wool with a bold herringbone design in a graphic combination of black

Rare c.1947 Nina Ricci Early Haute Couture Strapless Black Lace & Silk Taffeta Dress designer-bob-mackie skimming over the hips andThis is a rare and early Nina Ricci dress that is not perfect but still quite beautiful and important as it would have been made while she was the head of the atelier. Dresses from this time period in the Nina Ricci history are exceedingly hard to find. The Nina Ricci Haute Couture house was founded in 1932, at 20 Rue de Capucines in Paris. From its very beginning, elegant French women and their daughters sought out the label and made it a part of