Early 1960s Carven Couture Pale Green Silk Organdy Embroidered Cut Out Dress designer-missoni The silk is fully cut

The silk is fully cut on the bias so that once you slip it on it simply drapes into place and swirls around you

The sleeves are a single unlined layer of the fabric and have elastics at each wrist

It is very chic and very Studio 54

heavy liquid silk and the draping effect this fabric creates is what makes this dress spectacular

Early 1960s Carven Couture Pale Green Silk Organdy Embroidered Cut Out Dress designer-missoni The silk is fully cutMarie Louise Carven, who founded her label in 1945, was one of the few female couturiers in the post Chanel Schiaparelli days of the Parisian designers. Her work was exquisite and she was a brilliant marketer, launching perfumes and a ready to wear line in 1950, something that couturiers still were not doing to a great degree at that time. She was known as being one of the great couturiers of the 'Golden Age' of Haute Couture and her designs became