1950s Cornelia Couturier Avant Garde Dress & Coat designer-bill-gibb strung beaded fringe creates movement

strung beaded fringe creates movement all around the bottom hem

I love the way that thatched elastic has been made a part of the design - a thick band of it circles the lower waist and wraps around the upper hip for shape and definition

Item# D410

graphic sleeves are cuffed at the wrist with a wide panel of ruched and elastic banding

Dropped shoulders: 22î from seam to seam

1950s Cornelia Couturier Avant Garde Dress & Coat designer-bill-gibb strung beaded fringe creates movementIn the 1950s The society matrons of Toronto bought their couture directly from the houses in Europe, through the Simpsons and Eatons Couture salons or had them custom made by Cornelia Couturier who had an atelier in Toronto. Though not a member of the chambre syndicale de la haute couture, her clothing was made to the same exacting standards and the designs and workmanship rival anything being produces anywhere in the world at the time. This is an