Prettiest Spring 1990 Oscar De La Renta Deep Sapphire Blue Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Matching Cape designer-ossie-clark The front and back necklines

The front and back necklines are scooped and at the back it is scooped lower so that you get a bit of bare skin showing

The skirt is made up of three layers of weightless silk chiffon and this lets the skirt float over and around the body to give it the feel of airiness and lightness

Inner lining hips: to 18

The seams are topstitched in a thread that is the same colour as the wool

There is no lining under the skirts

Prettiest Spring 1990 Oscar De La Renta Deep Sapphire Blue Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Matching Cape designer-ossie-clark The front and back necklinesThe Shrimpton Couture Archives The twin of this dress was shown on the runway for the Spring 1990 collection. It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta. This dress beautifully showcases the genius of Oscar de la Renta and the work that he was doing in this time period. The dress has a beautiful elegance to it and is quite striking. This sense of refinement is a constant in Oscar's work and I particularly love the earlier examples