Rare c1958 Jean Desses Green Silk Elaborate Pleat Dress designer-john-galliano '"To make Miu Miu more

'"To make Miu Miu more special and important" was Miuccia Prada's post-show explanation for taking her diffusion collection to Paris

The halter closes at the back of the neck with hook & eye

The fabric is a wash and wear jersey that holds the graphic print well and is a dream to travel with

This beading is done head to toe and some are even set so that the dangle off the fabric

It is made from a mid-weight nylon feeling fabric that will move and travel very well and really resists wrinkling

Rare c1958 Jean Desses Green Silk Elaborate Pleat Dress designer-john-galliano '"To make Miu Miu moreJean Desses opened his couture house in 1937 and was a designated Haute Couture house under the official Chambre Syndicate de la Haute Couture. He began a ready to wear line in 1949. By 1960 the couture portion of his business was closed followed by the closure of the ready to wear 5 years later. This makes finding his pieces very rare from either of his lines. When he expanded his atelier to serve the overseas market in the late 1950s, he was among