Rare 1977 Madame Gres Haute Couture Dress & Cape in a Deep Green Silk Taffeta designer-donald-brooks It just adds to its

It just adds to its vintage charm

Insanely fabulous Dior coat with the feel of the fifties but it is really a play on that from the seventies

To the entire surface are hand applied

Even the buttons and screened

Rare 1977 Madame Gres Haute Couture Dress & Cape in a Deep Green Silk Taffeta designer-donald-brooks It just adds to itsMadame Gres' work has had profound effects on Haute Couture and her influence still resonates to this day. Her attention to detail, master draping techniques and respect for the female form is unparalleled. She was known for designing and creating garments directly on her models and this became a signature of her work. She opened her first atelier, La Maison Alix in 1932. A partnership briefly changed the house's name to Alix Barton and then the label