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Length front top to bottom - 79.13 inches / 201 cm

Bodycon dresses reigned supreme, sometimes even featuring risqu cutouts thanks to daring designers like Alaia and Versace putting the female form at the front and centre

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The rise of cheap-to-produce fabric coincided with the decline of couture: In 1968 Balenciaga closed up shop in Paris altogether, lamenting the state of couture while his contemporaries Pierre Cardin, Andr Courrges, Yves Saint Laurent, and Emanuel Ungaro all poured their efforts into building ready-to-wear businesses