1971 Silk Scarf Sleeve Pauline Trigere Clover Dress designer-gucci This "glossing" treatment only adds

This "glossing" treatment only adds and picks up the print and shows it off to its best advantage

A twisted bit of fabric at the neck gives it a Ceil Chapman-esque feel and the fit is cut to show off every curve

What makes this even more remarkable is how shockingly modern it feels despite the fact that it is just about 100 years old

The bead work is of course the most magnificent part of the gown - each detailed band is almost a full 2" and these are made of gold cord topped with beads

1971 Silk Scarf Sleeve Pauline Trigere Clover Dress designer-gucci This "glossing" treatment only addsPauline Trigere's 1971 collection was nature centric and featured turtle prints and other elements if that ilk. For this dress she used the clover as the base of the print and then blew it up so that it becomes an almost stylized element on its own. On the top half it is screened onto a silk chiffon and on the bottom a silk of a more standard weight. Incredibly, all around the waist the silk clovers that circle the waist area were actually cut out and