1960s French Batik Rainbow Silk Sleeveless Dress tran_season_dress This large 1990s Stanley Hagler

This large 1990s Stanley Hagler floral brooch is a real head-turner

I'm pretty sure this was the work of a well known couturier from the period as its so well made

The dress is beautifully made by hand in a classic floral print muslin cotton that is light and floaty

It is hand-beaded all over with long mirrored beads and dotted with minute circular beads in yellow

It has elements of Victoriana in the high

1960s French Batik Rainbow Silk Sleeveless Dress tran_season_dress This large 1990s Stanley HaglerThis French couture dress was designed in the late 1960s and is tailored from a watercolour rainbow printed silk chiffon using a batik technique. The dress has a fitted top with tiny cap sleeves. The nipped in waist gives way to a short, swirling knee length skirt of pleated chiffon that amplifies the colours of the dress; blurred aqua, lime, yellow, violet and pink. The neckline has a soft curved collar crafted from chiffon. It fastens at the back of