Fall 1996 Pierre Balmain by Oscar de la Renta Haute Couture Layered Silk Chiffon Dress w Embroidered Bodice designer-bessi Like the other dress by

Like the other dress by Biba that I have in the shop right now

The waist nips in and then the skirt falls in a wonderful full flowing column of net that has a soft movement to it

I see a couple of tiny nicks out of the silk on the bottom part that has no sequins

you can't go wrong

Each sequin is laid out so that it slightly overlaps its neighbour

Fall 1996 Pierre Balmain by Oscar de la Renta Haute Couture Layered Silk Chiffon Dress w Embroidered Bodice designer-bessi Like the other dress byIn 1993 Oscar de la Renta took over as Creative Director at Balmain where he designed the Haute Couture collections until 2002. The house had been floundering at that point and he had a huge impact on the reviving the sales of the couture pieces, mainly by catering to private clients, much like Balmain had originally. It is extraordinary to think that Oscar never produced a Haute Couture line under his own label and these few short years at Balmain