1980s Isabel Allard Paris Plunge Dress w Velvet and Huge Tassel Detail designer-azzedine-alaia This dress gets the full

This dress gets the full on feminine treatment though - the entire front bodice is corded to create leaves and stems and then a virtual flower garden of little embroidered flower heads are stitched into place giving it a 3D appearance

deep raspberry pink silk is bias cut and has been hand draped and gathered in towards the waist so that the entire dress seems so either meet or begin at that point depending on your perspective

the surrealist artist Meret Oppenheim

A dramatic two toned shawl that is the full length of the piece and then some can be styled in a variety of ways

1980s Isabel Allard Paris Plunge Dress w Velvet and Huge Tassel Detail designer-azzedine-alaia This dress gets the fullThis is a stunning dress by the French designer Isabelle Allard. It has a real French feel about it and effortlessly combines the different elements used in its construction. The shoulder are padded and string and the front plunges right to where the high waistline is set. The sleeves are set from the shoulder to the top if that waistline as well and then taper in as they near the wrist. The skirt is the same light wool jersey that the top is made out