1960s Jean Patou Numbered Haute Couture Navy Backless Halter Dress designer-sybil-connolly Hand stitching finishes

Hand stitching finishes

The top slips on and has elastic as each cuff

This is a wonderful statement piece from the house of Gucci

The House of Givenchy was founded in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy

A high slit inches up the front all adding up to an insanely sexy dress that maintains its sense of classiness

1960s Jean Patou Numbered Haute Couture Navy Backless Halter Dress designer-sybil-connolly Hand stitching finishesThis is a deceptively simple Jean Patou silk dress in a lovely navy silk. Jean Patou once said "Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste." and this dress is the very epitome of that statement despite its sexy lines. The dress is numbered and is true haute couture piece that has been made entirely by hand and represents countless hours of dedicated hand work within the atelier. Patou was one of