Exceptional Spring 2004 Oscar de la Renta Runway Printed Silk Chiffon Dress w Ruffle Skirt Purples Great and versatile two piece

Great and versatile two piece set by Bessi with the original belt

Lots of the greta early Americal designers got their start there like Claire McCardell and Carolyn Schnurer

The waist is banded and they zip up at the front with neat a little short legs

I love that detail

When researching this piece I found a pattern in a similar vein from the 1973 collection in the book "Halston" by Phaidon

Exceptional Spring 2004 Oscar de la Renta Runway Printed Silk Chiffon Dress w Ruffle Skirt Purples Great and versatile two pieceThis is one of the prettiest Oscar dresses I have ever had in the shop and I love it. The movement it has when it is on and you walk is just incredible. It's twin walked the runway and I have included photos and video of it here for you so you can see how exceptional it is on the body. I think that this dress was one of the best of that season and I am kind of obsessed with it. In the review of the show Vogue's Janet Ozzard said in part; "Its