Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-geoffrey-beene which relied heavily on the

which relied heavily on the designs coming out of the Italian couturiers

Pre-fall and pre-spring collections are always produced in smaller numbers and harder to acquire

The fabric is cut on the bias so that the way it sits on the body is perfectly executed

soft wool with rounded

The corset closes with its own side zipper and the dress also has a side zipper to close

Fall 1987 Ady Couture Lausanne for Givenchy Iridescent Purple Metallic Dress w Velvet Bow designer-geoffrey-beene which relied heavily on theThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her