c1968 Oscar de la Renta Museum Dress & Jacket designer-patrick-kelly The dress flows out from

The dress flows out from the shoulders and then again from the elastic set waist and yards of silk drape to the ground

Alaia's hooded pieces are iconic

There is lots of hand finishes to the pieces and it was stored wonderfully so looks shockingly new

It skims into a sleek column that will stretch to follow your curves from there

c1968 Oscar de la Renta Museum Dress & Jacket designer-patrick-kelly The dress flows out fromA similar version of this suit can be found in The Met's collection the photo of the set with the longer jacket at the end of the photos here is the one from their collection. Just before Oscar de la Renta began his own atelier, he spent three years as head designer at Jane Derby. He actually bought out the Jane Derby company and that is where Oscar de la Renta as we know it today began. This wonderful set is from that short time period before he