1960s Stavropoulos Couture Lace & Silk Pink Strapless Dress designer-la-mendola A real beauty

A real beauty

Fall-Winter 1961

You literally just throw this on

It would have been custom designed for the piece - note how it falls perfectly to highly the high collar lightens to more pink as it moves to down the torso and then the skirt is heavily printed

It has a nice weight to it and is lined in black silk

1960s Stavropoulos Couture Lace & Silk Pink Strapless Dress designer-la-mendola A real beautyGeorge Stavropoulos was an amazing designer. He was known especially for his evening wear and his hallmarks were draping, floating panels and bias cut dresses. He disliked overt ornamentation and instead focused on cut and his fabric choices to convey the beauty of each piece he designed. This is a wonderful example of his work and the construction is on par with demi couture. It is also a beautiful and romantic shade of pink that I love and is very