1960s Baby Blue Pauline Trigere Shift Dress designer-pierre-cardin A stunning and rare example

A stunning and rare example of the "pajama" sets made for the tourist market near the turn of the century in the 1920s

Each cuff gets the same treatment

The inner silk chiffon and silk skirt hugs the body while the top chiffon layer has yards and yards of silk that flow from the waist and into an expansive skirt with a series of trumpet pleats

Waist band: 3"

Add a belt and you have instant definition too

1960s Baby Blue Pauline Trigere Shift Dress designer-pierre-cardin A stunning and rare exampleThis is a beautifully constructed Pauline Trigere dress in an interesting puffed silk brocade fabric that is a pale ice blue. It is very beautiful and deceptive in that despite its heavily worked appearance it is actually shockingly light! The dress is cut beautifully as one would expect from Trigere a simple A line sheath that flows from the rounded shoulders. The front is notched in a deep V and the sleeves are kept slim with each ending with a