1970s French Couture Navy Jersey Embellished Grecian Dress Sweet_16_Dress This was a signature look

This was a signature look of the designer and was revisited throughout the collections of the mid 1980s to early 1990s in a dazzling array of floral print designs each season

The Oscar winning costumes influenced an art deco revival in the prevailing fashions of the mid 1970s

for the bodice

Incorporating many of the label’s signature prairie references

1970s French Couture Navy Jersey Embellished Grecian Dress Sweet_16_Dress This was a signature lookThis mid to late 1970s navy and sequin detail Grecian dress is a show stopping unlabelled couture piece. It is skilled work and has mostly been made by hands trained in haute couture techniques. The designer that immediately springs to mind is that of Loris Azzaro, whose simple and elegant lines came to epitomise the high end occasion wear of the era. His designs were worn by Marisa Berenson, Jane Birkin (pictured here), Brigitte Bardot and Romy