Exceptional 1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Velvet Dress w Open Back & Bows designer-james-galanos The bodice is cut with

The bodice is cut with his signature bra cut top with a curving black silk panel set so that it scoops under the breasts

It was sourced from the same woman who the Sarmi dresses I am posting today came from and it’s twin walked the runway for the Fall 1966 show

The pockets on each hip are lined in silk

A small round collar sits prettily at the neck and is detailed with a gold ribbon edging

Exceptional 1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Velvet Dress w Open Back & Bows designer-james-galanos The bodice is cut withThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her