Spring 1980 Zandra Rhodes Book Piece 'Chinese Constructivist & Clouds' Pale Peach & Blue Dress designer-vetements Lightly boned through the sides

Lightly boned through the sides and the interior is all hand finished

This fullness at the bottom adds shape so that your waist and curves are emphasized

Leonard and Pucci contemporaries of those days

On the runway is was worn by Shalom Harlow and it was the closing look of the show

Spring 1980 Zandra Rhodes Book Piece 'Chinese Constructivist & Clouds' Pale Peach & Blue Dress designer-vetements Lightly boned through the sidesThis collection was inspired by Zandra's trip to China. She came back with sketchbooks filled from her travels there that became the foundation for her 1979 'Chinese Square' print and then carried over to the Spring 1980 collection with this print that she calls 'Chinese Constructivist & Clouds'. You can also clearly see the carry over in shape from her famous Lilies dress from a few years before this. The twin of this dress appears on page 159 of the