1960s Hardy Amies Deep Turquoise & Printed Silk Organza Dress w Matching Ruffled Capelet designer-marni The bottom portion of the

The bottom portion of the skirt picks on this same effect of the tops edging and it is finished with a full 17" panel of that wonderful fused glitter on net technique

The underskirt is black silk

This would have been there since it was first put out for sale and shows that it was never worn

We have dated it to the 1996 collection and have found the video from the 1996-1997 fall runway

1960s Hardy Amies Deep Turquoise & Printed Silk Organza Dress w Matching Ruffled Capelet designer-marni The bottom portion of theThe Hardy Amies label launched in 1946. In the beginning of his career, Amies' only did couture pieces and it was not until 1950 that he added a ready to wear label. The RTW label was still very high end and the pieces had a lot of the same hand finishes that the couture label had. In 1951 Amies was chosen to design some of the wardrobe for Princess Elizabeths tour of Canada. That led to Amies appointment as the Royal Dressmaker in 1955 after