Numbered Spring 1984 Lanvin by Jules-Francois Crahay Runway Red Lined Dress w Open Bow Back designer-bob-mackie / (4) Oscar de la

/  (4) Oscar de la Renta Caftan 1982 from the Kent State Museum Collection

there's plenty to wear

Strapless and hidden pockets on each hip

The waist is defined by his signature contrasting border and this tops those fabulous wide legged pants

to a giddy yellow satin strapless dress covered in nosegays of silk flowers

Numbered Spring 1984 Lanvin by Jules-Francois Crahay Runway Red Lined Dress w Open Bow Back designer-bob-mackie / (4) Oscar de laThis is a stunning dress and shows the softer, more romantic side of Lanvin from this time period. This would have been designed by Jules Francois Crahay, who headed the Lanvin ateliers from 1964 1984. In the book Lanvin by Rizzoli, that has a lovely forward from Alber Elbaz, it is noted that the Spring 1984 was Crahay's last RTW collection for the label before his retirement. Crahay's time at the Lanvin label is one of my personal favourite periods