c.2000s Issey Miyake "Fete" Pleat Tunic or Mini designer-claude-montana A spectacular metallic threaded silk

A spectacular metallic threaded silk skirt and top set by Louis Feraud

It also mixes different tones of gold and a almost silver thread in the pattern

The crepe is an ink black with not one but two of Celia's prints - one on the top payer and one on the bottom

It cinches in at the waist  with a flat piping detail and then curves over the hips into a narrow curve to the floor

The very upper bodice is backed in a cream silk and the body and skirt are unlined

c.2000s Issey Miyake "Fete" Pleat Tunic or Mini designer-claude-montana A spectacular metallic threaded silkThe Fete label was produced between 2002 and 2009 making this from somewhere in between (note that this is taken fromt he corporate history on the Miyake website its is oft reported elsewhere that the Fete line starts in 2004 but the time line on the website says 2002). Just in case youd like to know how they were made, it involves heat treating polyester jersey to permanently retain washboard rows of horizontal, vertical or diagonal knife edge