Spring 1961 Balmain Haute Couture Lesage Ivory Beaded Dress w Detachable Cape designer-philip-hulitar Insanely sexy and absolutely fabulous

Insanely sexy and absolutely fabulous Ossie Clark dress

5" flat across form seam to seam

3mm slightly out of round) and black (10

making them fall perfectly on that body

Spring 1961 Balmain Haute Couture Lesage Ivory Beaded Dress w Detachable Cape designer-philip-hulitar Insanely sexy and absolutely fabulousThis wonderful gown with its exquisitely beaded bodice and attached cape is a numbered Haute Couture piece designed by Pierre Balmain. Both pieces would have been made entirely by hand at the Paris atelier and the bead work done by Lesage. We found a similar gown from that same Couture collection that was featured in Harper's Bazaar that year It is an extraordinary example of the work being done during this time period of the label's history and is