Rare c.1947 Nina Ricci Early Haute Couture Strapless Black Lace & Silk Taffeta Dress designer-bob-mackie There is the slightest of

There is the slightest of discoloration under the arms but it is very slight and does not show when on

You could easily add a brooch or even a hook and eye if you wished

The bodice is fully formed like a corset and the silk draped and shaped over it and then edged in dusky gold beads

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Rare c.1947 Nina Ricci Early Haute Couture Strapless Black Lace & Silk Taffeta Dress designer-bob-mackie There is the slightest ofThis is a rare and early Nina Ricci dress that is not perfect but still quite beautiful and important as it would have been made while she was the head of the atelier. Dresses from this time period in the Nina Ricci history are exceedingly hard to find. The Nina Ricci Haute Couture house was founded in 1932, at 20 Rue de Capucines in Paris. From its very beginning, elegant French women and their daughters sought out the label and made it a part of