• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 1998 collection. 
• It was made under the creative direction of Christian Lacroix.
• I love that we have both runway photos and video for you to see how the dress moves and sits on the body. On the runway it was shown with another piece worn over it and this would be very easy to re-create with a piece you already own if you loved that runway look.
• The dress is made out of a lace overlay that sits over an inner very light silk brocade layer. The two together create a beautiful effect.
• The neck line is cut wide across with the slightest of scoops. The bodice is simple in feel and skims down over you to the waist where it is shaped and brought in slightly but without a horizontal seam to break the pattern on the dress.
• From there it curves back out over the hips and then falls to the floor to widen out a bit as it near the hem. A high slit runs up the back that allows you to walk and gives you have a touch of kick when you walk and move.
• The entire top layer of the dress is made out of a fine net and embroidered lace that is layered over the inner silk brocade. This creates a pattern on pattern feel over the entire dress that is fascinating.
• Layering the lace layer over the silk layer gives it a soft and romantic feel. Putting them together acts as a diffusion of the two patterns to create something entirely new and beautiful. 
• The colour of the lace changes as it moves downwards over the dress. The top part of the dress has the lace being as a deeper rust mixed with pretty tones. The lower portion of the dress changes to a soft washed pastel aubergine mixed with matching tones. There is a definitive change of pattern that happens at the hips to separate the two colours. This is all the beautiful detailing and pattern work that made Lacroix such a master and his piece is so desirable.
• The inner dress underneath is equally as beautiful. It has a soft pale French blue tone to it as the base and then a muted silver gold pattern is created in thread through that with pops of a pink design that has an almost hand-painted feel to it that the net and lace overlay diffuses. The two colours together create a new unique feel and with the change of colour of the lace over the dress added in the mix the final result is magical.
• When you move the light catches the dress in different ways changing the colours subtly. It is very beautiful and an exceptional piece of Lacroix's history.
• The is fully lined in a pale blue silk and closes with a hidden set back zipper. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. I added detailed photos of the underlying fabric for you to see just before the label shot.
• Tagged a vintage Lacroix 36
• Excellent condition.

Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam and the seam under the bust is 15" flat across from side to side.
Waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 62" from top of shoulder to hem in the back slit is 21.5" from the hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5607

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 1998 Christian Lacroix.

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