1950s Cornelia Couturier Avant Garde Dress & Coat designer-herve-leger A very pretty floral print

A very pretty floral print dress by Diane Freis made of a poly georgette

Hips: flat across from side seam to side seam

worked into elaborate looped flat braiding

In perfect

1950s Cornelia Couturier Avant Garde Dress & Coat designer-herve-leger A very pretty floral printIn the 1950s The society matrons of Toronto bought their couture directly from the houses in Europe, through the Simpsons and Eatons Couture salons or had them custom made by Cornelia Couturier who had an atelier in Toronto. Though not a member of the chambre syndicale de la haute couture, her clothing was made to the same exacting standards and the designs and workmanship rival anything being produces anywhere in the world at the time. This is an