Beautiful 1980s Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Silk Chiffon Pastel Floral Ruffled Strapless Dress & Cape designer-etro The silk chiffon top overlay

The silk chiffon top overlay is attached at the shoulders and has a long jersey sash that wraps and ties as you wish to style it

It has a flap that closes over the bag and an attached heavy gold toned push button clasp closure

Waist-bottom seam: adjustable

From the book "Zandra Rhodes: A Lifelong Love Affair With Textiles

Beautiful 1980s Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Silk Chiffon Pastel Floral Ruffled Strapless Dress & Cape designer-etro The silk chiffon top overlayThe Shrimpton Couture Archives The set dates to the late 1970s early mid 1980s and is a true Haute Couture collection piece. It was made under the creative direction of Pierre Cardin There are two pieces to the set, an inner strapless dress that could also be worn as an extra long skirt and a matching cape that goes over top of that. Both pieces were completely made by hand in the Paris atelier. The inner dress has a stiffen inner hem around the upper