Exceptional 1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Velvet Dress w Open Back & Bows designer-rudi-gernreich for creative contribution in the

for creative contribution in the area of American fashion

He was the designer to bring 'more hard rock and punk' to the label

Lined in a golden mustard - it is an absolute work of art

It is a loose cut jumpsuit and to keep it in place it only has ties and no other closures

The skirt is remarkably full - there is miles of fabric in there

Exceptional 1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Velvet Dress w Open Back & Bows designer-rudi-gernreich for creative contribution in theThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her