1970s Pauline Trigere Silk & Lame Gown designer-norman-norell The skirt is amazingly constructed

The skirt is amazingly constructed with lots of fullness and also finished with the braiding detail so that it has a touch of weight and falls and drapes perfectly

The dress is nipped in at the waist and the skirt cut to hug the wearer

The skirt is very unusual with ties that runs through the hem and then come out to tie at each side of the skirt allowing you to leave it loose or pull it tight creating different shapes depending on how tight you go

Tagged a 42 and from the 00A season

early eighties Lapidus dress that marries the glitzy Studio 54 effect with the craze for menswear through the great velvet accented tuxedo feeling collar

1970s Pauline Trigere Silk & Lame Gown designer-norman-norell The skirt is amazingly constructedA spectacular metallic threaded gown by the great American designer Pauline Trigere! This is an extraordinary piece that beautifully combines cut and exquisite fabric. Made of tissue thin, almost weightless silk chiffon that has that spectacular dots of gold lame thread woven though the silk. From top to bottom fine gold thread gives it a subtle shimmer when you move. It has a plunged front with interesting seam work and the sleeves are narrowed in at