1960s Jean Patou Numbered Haute Couture Navy Backless Halter Dress designer-sybil-connolly A high slit inches up

A high slit inches up the front all adding up to an insanely sexy dress that maintains its sense of classiness

Authentic gilt metal items retain original clip backs

Traina himself was the nephew of Normal Norell and you can see that influence in this cape as well

This is a wonderful statement piece from the house of Gucci

The shoulders are slightly capped with just a hint of a peak at their tops

1960s Jean Patou Numbered Haute Couture Navy Backless Halter Dress designer-sybil-connolly A high slit inches upThis is a deceptively simple Jean Patou silk dress in a lovely navy silk. Jean Patou once said "Certain dressmakers desire to pass for an artist. I have one ambition: that is to have good taste." and this dress is the very epitome of that statement despite its sexy lines. The dress is numbered and is true haute couture piece that has been made entirely by hand and represents countless hours of dedicated hand work within the atelier. Patou was one of