1970s Bead & Crystal Couture Galanos Gown designer-suzy-perette This cinches down at the

This cinches down at the waist and then a stitched and shaped hip detail flares out over the fitted skirt

It was while developing the Lily textiles that she developed the method of reversing the silkscreen to produce a mirror image of the print and create symmetrical patterns

Rare large/full size bracelet has not previously been shortened nor altered

I love the ruffled high double collar piped in gold and how that is picked up and down at each cuff too

It is a gorgeous light weight silk of a high quality

1970s Bead & Crystal Couture Galanos Gown designer-suzy-perette This cinches down at theGalanos was known as the designer that could rival the French in terms of construction and design. He launched his atelier in 1951 and though he was never a designer that was formally made a couture house he certainly produced clothing with many of the hallmarks that define couture, thus giving him the status as being known as one of the "American Couturiers". Here was have a piece that is likely late 1970s, early 1980s and is absolutely exquisite.