1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-oscar-de-la-renta Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS

You could still wear as is as the pleat work does hide it quite effectively but it is sold as is so please purchase accordingly

It is immaculately made as one would expect and the cut is generous and easy to wear

That same velvet is used to adorn each sleeves just above two bands of a pretty cotton cut out lace

1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-oscar-de-la-renta Modern Sizing Equivalent: XSIn 1979 Zandra traveled to China and as inspired by what she found there. One of the fist designs she created form that trip were what she dubbed the "Chinese Water Circle" and the "Chinese Balls" patterns. Both of which are hand painted on red silk chiffon on this amazing dress. In the book The Art of Zandra Rhodes, she says, "To me China had purity and strength The strongest influences upon my Chinese prints were first, the stone carvings of water