1950s Mainbocher Pale Pink Floral Silk Couture Dress Skirt_Set_With_Tie well-executed repair on the right

well-executed repair on the right sleeve close to the bottom line of the feathers and some thinning of the feathers from the left shoulder

the blouse is tiny in comparison to modern sizing and would best fit US size 0

NOTES ON DESIGNER: Mr

At the beginning of his career in the 1960s he designed for Nina Ricci and Courreges in Paris

calf length skirt is gathered at the waist and is of stiff jacquard fabric in back with red metallic dots lined in cotton

1950s Mainbocher Pale Pink Floral Silk Couture Dress Skirt_Set_With_Tie well-executed repair on the rightThis beautiful 1950s calf length dress by celebrated American couturier Mainboucher, who famously designed Wallis Simpson's wedding dress and trousseau for her marriage to the Duke of Windsor in 1937, and whose designs are extolled for "exclusivity, good breeding, and rarefied taste". All this is evident in this lovely piece. The opulent pale pink silk is printed with a floral design in pale green and lilac with raised velvet patterns placed