1950s Nina Ricci Pink Linen Midi-Dress lamb_wool_jacket Hand beaded in India

Hand beaded in India

swirling patterns over the skirt

The back of the dress makes the panelled construction apparent

2 cm)Length - 52

recalling art deco motifs

1950s Nina Ricci Pink Linen Midi-Dress lamb_wool_jacket Hand beaded in IndiaBorn in Italy, Nina Ricci moved to France as a teenager and became a dressmaker. She spent the early years of her career designing for various fashion houses before setting up her eponymous house in 1932 when she was in her early 50s. She retired from design in the 1959 and handed the reins over to Belgian designer Jules Francois Crahay who created this dress in the early 1960s before leaving for Lanvin in 1964. His bell skirted suits and small