A/W 1981 Zandra Rhodes "Elizabethan Collection" Lame Gown designer-pauline-trigere wearing drifty

wearing drifty

Large flat buttons add more interest

That shoulder line is one that he repeated often through the years and it is wonderful to see one of the first examples of what became a signature design detail

The beads are a combination of seed and tube beads that have been hand applied and are colored and placed to highlight the pattern beneath

A/W 1981 Zandra Rhodes "Elizabethan Collection" Lame Gown designer-pauline-trigere wearing driftyThe Zandra Rhodes Renaissance, or Gold Collection, of 1981 was inspired by "the combination of the royal wedding, historic dress from the Elizabethan period, and panniers from the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of historic costume.. Vogue sent a memo around to fashion designers saying that there was going to be a royal wedding. Due to press speculation, Zandra Rhodes assumed this would be the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer.