Highly Documented Spring 1996 Christian Dior by Gianfranco Ferre Black Ruffled Flounce Hem Dress designer-hanae-mori The tie part is not

The tie part is not attached to the belt so to wear you simply wrap it around yourself and then use the hooks at each end of the belt to hook and tie it at the front

By then she had added the jumpsuit to her line up and they were also a success

the brilliant orange

The front plunges quite low and ties in two places along that plunge

The 'jazz age' touch mentioned in the review above is apparent with that cluster of large crystal embellishments that run over the single shoulder

Highly Documented Spring 1996 Christian Dior by Gianfranco Ferre Black Ruffled Flounce Hem Dress designer-hanae-mori The tie part is notThe wonderful dress is a beautiful example of Gianfranco Ferre's work during his time as Creative Director for Christian Dior. The near twin of this piece walked the Spring 1996 runway and I have included the runway video as well as still from the runway for you here so that you can see how it moves once it is on. On the runway is was worn by Shalom Harlow and it was the closing look of the show. Shalom also appeared in it for an editorial for Vogue