Early 1960s Carven Couture Pale Green Silk Organdy Embroidered Cut Out Dress designer-scott-barrie for a million styling options

for a million styling options

Inner waist stay that hooks to close with a flat hook & eye

5" inner circumference there seems to be a spot on the base of the hat at the back between where the two sides sweep in towards each other that has no feathers but I cant tell if this is deliberate or they have been lost

5" flat across from side seam to side seamWaist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seamHips: openBodice: 12" from top of bodice to waistSkirt: 25

With the craze for micro short pieces still going strong it almost feels more relevant now then it did when it came out

Early 1960s Carven Couture Pale Green Silk Organdy Embroidered Cut Out Dress designer-scott-barrie for a million styling optionsMarie Louise Carven, who founded her label in 1945, was one of the few female couturiers in the post Chanel Schiaparelli days of the Parisian designers. Her work was exquisite and she was a brilliant marketer, launching perfumes and a ready to wear line in 1950, something that couturiers still were not doing to a great degree at that time. She was known as being one of the great couturiers of the 'Golden Age' of Haute Couture and her designs became