Fall 1997 Christian Lacroix Runway Black Lace Over Dress w a Slinky Silk Underdress designer-zandra-rhodes Fully lined in a fine

Fully lined in a fine red tissue silk and closes at the back with a hidden set painted metal zipper

The Garden of Earthly Delights—not that the clothes read as historicist at all

Here we see her masterful hand at mixing colour and print

Washable fabric and the fabric has some stretch

Fall 1997 Christian Lacroix Runway Black Lace Over Dress w a Slinky Silk Underdress designer-zandra-rhodes Fully lined in a fineChristian LaCroix launched his Haute Couture house in 1987 and immediately his string aesthetic took the world by storm. A ready to wear line soon followed, along with perfumes and menswear. His collections are always exotic, lavish affairs and his designs seemed to span the decades with their eccentric glamour pulled from multiple sources of inspiration. This dress is from the Fall 1997 collection. On the runway it was shown as with a modified glove