Spectacular 1980s Hubert de Givenchy Haute Couture Velvet Floral Cut Out Dress w Gold Metal Flowers Insider It was a lighter more

It was a lighter more girl-next-door version of the renowned and often overt sexuality that runs through every collection

It falls from the shoulders and then falls on an open block of fabric until it gets the hem where it curves down and around

Great swoops of fabric are draped to runs down the top of each hip at the sides

The skirt is cut to fall just above the knee

Partially line through the upper back and front like a kimono would be

Spectacular 1980s Hubert de Givenchy Haute Couture Velvet Floral Cut Out Dress w Gold Metal Flowers Insider It was a lighter moreThis is a spectacular piece of true Haute Couture that we believe is from the early 1980s. It was made under the direction of Hubert de Givenchy The dress would have been completely made by hand in the Paris atelier. The fabric of the dress is a beautiful silk velvet that has been hand cut into an open cut out floral pattern. All of the edges of the flowers have been embroidered so that they are finished perfectly. There is an inner black silk fabric