Description: This is a rare vintage Jean Desses cocktail dress from the 1950s. The dress is made of exceptional lightweight French lace and has a wiggle/pencil style. It is designed for eveningwear and has a bronze color. Dress has trumpet style hem with scalloped edges, exquisite French floral lace that has metallic sparkle thread. This is a very special dress. It's custom to the client and in such beautiful condition. Lined in raw silk with hand sewn details throughout. Back metal zipper. A very special designer label. This is an "Execute par Maria Carine sur autorization speciale" (made by Maria Carine with special authorization) Excerpt from theVintage Fashion Guild: Maria Carine was owned by Maria Moutet-Chenu. She worked with four couturiers: Heim, Desses, LaRoche, and Lanvin. After the couture showings, each couturier would give her sketches based upon the garments they had just shown. Moutet-Chenu made the toiles which were approved by the designers. Then each ready-to-wear garment was cut individually by hand in the Maria Carine workrooms in Paris using the same fabrics that were used for the couture garment. Maria employed hundreds of seamstresses, many of whom worked in their own homes. They sewed each garment individually to exacting standards. This was the highest of early high-end ready-to-wear. This dress is exceptional in style and design as expected . It is a hand sewn, authorized piece, that would have been completely overseen by the house of Desses and is how "ready to wear" pieces were produced for clients. These were only produced for a small window of time before more mass market production methods took over. The quality is that of couture. A very fine rare vintage designer dress. LABEL PRET A PORTER - JEAN DESSES PARIS "Execute par Maria Carine sur autorization speciale" MADE IN FRANCE SIZE MEDIUM BUST- 38 WAIST -30 HIPS -38 DRESS HAS BEEN IN STORAGE OVER 20 YEARS BUT IN FANTASTIC WELL PRESERVED CONDITION. ALL SALES FINAL SOLD AS IS
Price: 750 USD
Location: Clute, Texas
End Time: 2025-01-21T03:34:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 15 USD
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Brand: Jean Desses
Occasion: Cocktail
Decade: 1950s
Color: Bronze
Style: Wiggle/Pencil
Material: Lace
Look: Eveningwear
