1970s Deep Front Plunge & Racer Back Halter Dress in a Jewel Toned Burgundy Silk Velvet designer-louis-vuitton Both the skirt and top

Both the skirt and top have a ruffled gather along where they meet the sequins - a very unusual treatment that works

strict lines but he also did many dramatic pieces like this using silks and organza's and I am sometimes more excited to find these then the more common mod feeling ones

The waist of the top nips in through clever seaming

Especially when you have it in hand and realize just how light and fine the fabric is

1970s Deep Front Plunge & Racer Back Halter Dress in a Jewel Toned Burgundy Silk Velvet designer-louis-vuitton Both the skirt and topThis is a gorgeous little dress in a deep rich jewel toned burgundy velvet. The velvet gives it depth and the colour changes a bit depending on the light you are in from a deep deep burgundy to a lighter more ruby feeling tone in brighter lights. The cut is simple but has a lot of impact. It is cut to plunge extremely deep at the front. Two elongated triangles curves up and over each breast. A crepe tie runs through each of those at their tops and the