1950s Couture Pink Petal Dress & Jacket designer-pierre-cardin Closes with a back painted

Closes with a back painted metal zip

Everything about this piece is perfection

Bust: 16-18" flat across the back from side seam to side seam with stretch

It is a stunning piece of Valentino that is entirely hand finished and in perfect condition

and then pours over the hips to the floor in one narrow line

1950s Couture Pink Petal Dress & Jacket designer-pierre-cardin Closes with a back paintedStunningly beautiful silk satin petal dress is absolutely to die! Ingenious example of the care to construction and the high level of execution of the period. The fabric alone is brilliant it changes from a soft pale pink gradually deepening as it nears the petalled hem to a deep true pink. The jacket does the opposite with a deeper hue at the shoulders and then gradually softening at the waist to match the color of the dress. The jacket is a