1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-andre-laug The bodice as the Trellis

The bodice as the Trellis patterns appliqued in rhinestones and the neckline and bodice is edged in pearls and cording

Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam

fabric covered snaps at the wrist

The inner silk satin dress serves as the lining and then the overlay of the skirt is attached to that and the top slips over it

this came out an estate of an extremely wealthy woman who bought Chanel like mad and wore none of it

1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-andre-laug The bodice as the TrellisIn 1979 Zandra traveled to China and as inspired by what she found there. One of the fist designs she created form that trip were what she dubbed the "Chinese Water Circle" and the "Chinese Balls" patterns. Both of which are hand painted on red silk chiffon on this amazing dress. In the book The Art of Zandra Rhodes, she says, "To me China had purity and strength The strongest influences upon my Chinese prints were first, the stone carvings of water