1950s Mainbocher Pale Pink Floral Silk Couture Dress 80s_Chiffon_Dress Best fit for around size

Best fit for around size US 8 - UK 12

There is an additional horizontal panel towards the bottom hem that echoes the torso pleating of the dress

With graded marcasite stones and a green paste-set stone in the eye

The designers signature and CC motif feature on opposite hook closures

but we believe it would fit up to a US size 10

1950s Mainbocher Pale Pink Floral Silk Couture Dress 80s_Chiffon_Dress Best fit for around sizeThis beautiful 1950s calf length dress by celebrated American couturier Mainboucher, who famously designed Wallis Simpson's wedding dress and trousseau for her marriage to the Duke of Windsor in 1937, and whose designs are extolled for "exclusivity, good breeding, and rarefied taste". All this is evident in this lovely piece. The opulent pale pink silk is printed with a floral design in pale green and lilac with raised velvet patterns placed