1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Lace & Sequin Black Dress w Dropped Full Skirt designer-tiziani There is an inner silk

There is an inner silk lining topped by two layers of chiffon and then a layer of solid silk organza between those and the very top layer

Girls often cut the longer hanging bits that trailed behind the dress but this one is still entirely original

The layers of silk create a beautiful sense of movement and lightness when you move

The dress is very chic and very femme fatale

The dress is completely covered in hand placed

1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Lace & Sequin Black Dress w Dropped Full Skirt designer-tiziani There is an inner silkThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her