2001 Ralph Lauren Collection Runway Paisley Velvet Maxi Dress Wim_Hemmink This playful daytime dress was

This playful daytime dress was designed by occasion wear designer Joan Leslie in the 1980s

The dress has prong set rhinestones in green

The back is squared off and lowered

The grand Italian Alta Moda fashion house Fontana was founded by the three Fontana sisters in 1943 and better known as Sorelle Fontana

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2001 Ralph Lauren Collection Runway Paisley Velvet Maxi Dress Wim_Hemmink This playful daytime dress wasThis beautiful gown was designed for Ralph Laurens Fall 2001 Collection the House's most luxurious runway line with its sumptuous purple label. On the runway the brand showed a maxi skirt and mini skirt in the same print which Vogue called lavish in its review. The dress is tailored from a silk mix velvet printed with paisley in rich hues of chocolate brown, crimson red, steel blue, rose pink and grey. It is cut to a simple slip style that is so of