1980s Claude Montana Fitted Peplum Dress designer-john-galliano There is no way around

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The bodice is lightly boned and all those beaded and detailed appliques are set and applied by hand

Wraps to close with snaps and hook eye closure

Skinny sleeves and a bodice that skims over the bust and drops into a low slung waist that then tops a sleek and simple skirt

Signed sculpted gilt metal item

1980s Claude Montana Fitted Peplum Dress designer-john-galliano There is no way aroundMontana often took the lines of 40s pieces and made them his own. His pieces stripped away the niceties of the earlier decades and he gave classic lines a new tough edginess that was pure Montana! This is a great little black dress that is fitted and follows a girls curves. We love the shoulders and that expanse of bare skin. Each has a tie detail and a slimmer strap on the top of the shoulder. The seaming mimics his iconic metal corsets and there is