1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Lace & Sequin Black Dress w Dropped Full Skirt designer-michaele-vollbracht And attached collar again blends

And attached collar again blends the velvet and lame and is cut so a small attached scarf can be swung jauntily around the neck

and incredible embroidery work that has been all done by hand

I am a huge fan of Kamali's works and have had the pleasure of interviewing her so have a special love for her pieces

I have photoed the areas and you can see then after the shot of the label

Made of a good weight black silk taffeta the gown makes that delicious rustling sound at the slightest movement

1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Lace & Sequin Black Dress w Dropped Full Skirt designer-michaele-vollbracht And attached collar again blendsThis 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