1973 Chanel Numbered Haute Couture Red Silk Chiffon Dress designer-paco-rabanne It appears to button down

It appears to button down the front with those fabulous buttons but this panel of buttons actually hides a zipper closure

There is a cost to that that is bag by bag dependent and I have priced the bag with that in mind so you are getting it at a very good price for such an wonderful and unusual vintage Hermes

it is cut to fit an accentuate your curves

It closes with combination of snaps and hook and eye at one side and a row of snaps at the top of one shoulder

1973 Chanel Numbered Haute Couture Red Silk Chiffon Dress designer-paco-rabanne It appears to button downTrue Haute Couture pieces by Chanel are an extraordinary find as they are so very rare and hard to come by. This piece is a little extra special in its provenance as my client tells me that this was the very first piece of Haute Couture that her mother purchased in 1973 from the runway sample from the Spring collection for that year. The dress is made of two layers a silk twill inner sheath dress and a looser, more flounced outer layer made of silk