Rare c.1947 Nina Ricci Early Haute Couture Strapless Black Lace & Silk Taffeta Dress designer-bob-mackie The bodice is fully formed

The bodice is fully formed like a corset and the silk draped and shaped over it and then edged in dusky gold beads

The base fabric is a mid-weight boucle wool with a bold herringbone design in a graphic combination of black

The twin of this dress was Look 19 on the Fall 2005 Runway

Bust:17-19 " flat across from side seam to side seam

The choice of fabric gives it an instant sense of luxury and chicness and that combined with the color and print are fantastic

Rare c.1947 Nina Ricci Early Haute Couture Strapless Black Lace & Silk Taffeta Dress designer-bob-mackie The bodice is fully formedThis is a rare and early Nina Ricci dress that is not perfect but still quite beautiful and important as it would have been made while she was the head of the atelier. Dresses from this time period in the Nina Ricci history are exceedingly hard to find. The Nina Ricci Haute Couture house was founded in 1932, at 20 Rue de Capucines in Paris. From its very beginning, elegant French women and their daughters sought out the label and made it a part of