1950s Two Tone Blue Silk Satin Estevez Dress designer-nina-ricci A small amount of creasing

A small amount of creasing at the waist top of legs and back of knees as pictured but appear very lightly worn and in wonderful condition

I love the tiny floral print worked into the silk itself and how each cuff buttons at the wrist so you get a bit of a pouf over the wrist

When I go over a McQueen dress the thing I always marvel at is how close in construction it is to its older

At the back it is set into a low

1950s Two Tone Blue Silk Satin Estevez Dress designer-nina-ricci A small amount of creasingLouis Estevez worked for Jean Patou for two years before starting his own label in 1955. Here we have a truly beautiful and exceptional piece designed that is fairly early on from his career and quite wonderful. It is impeccably constructed and cut to follow a girl's curves but not in an overtly sexual kind of way. The bodice is a sleek and simple expanse of silk satin that is cut and seamed to nip in at the waist and is highlighted there by a "knot