Incredible Spring 1981 Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Look 155 Silk Dress w Extensive Beadwork Corals & Oranges This is so well made

This is so well made and feels so substantial and yet still slinky and sexy at the same time

Fully lined in a red silk chiffon and closes with hidden snaps set under the buttons at the front

Skirt: 37" from waist to hem at the front

Liz Goldwyn and Akiko Fukai

Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam and the inner waist stay hooks slightly smaller then that

Incredible Spring 1981 Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Look 155 Silk Dress w Extensive Beadwork Corals & Oranges This is so well madeAs soon as I saw this dress I knew I had seen it before and it turned out that I had already saved the photos of it in my archive photo library long ago because I had loved it so much. So it was a thrill to actually have it in hand at last. The dress was Look 155 on the runway for the Spring 1981 season and was one of a series of highly beaded dresses with different patterns. These dress were also a bit of a nod to his 1965 collection where he