c.1954 Claire McCardell Green & Pink Print Cotton Sun Dress w Belt designer-balmain It's a definite statement maker

It's a definite statement maker and everything about it screams red carpet and sex

I personally own the twin of this dress in brown and it is a favorite

This gorgeous dress mixes a solid black velvet with a velvet that has a printed effect to it

It is suspended by three piped silk straps that are caught up into braids at the top of each shoulder

c.1954 Claire McCardell Green & Pink Print Cotton Sun Dress w Belt designer-balmain It's a definite statement makerClaire McCardell is remembered as a being a true pioneer of American fashion. She was one of the most influential women's sportswear designers of the twentieth century. She studied at Parsons and worked as a fit model before a series of small jobs in fashion. in 1929 McCardell landed a job as a design assistant to Robert Turk, an independent designer and dressmaker. It was he that took her along with him when he became the chief designer at Townley