1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-andre-laug The inner silk satin dress

The inner silk satin dress serves as the lining and then the overlay of the skirt is attached to that and the top slips over it

The front has a deep plunge built in sweetheart neckline that extend into straps that go over each shoulder

almost caped effect

The skirt is cut to cinch in at the waist and be swingy and sexy from there

1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-andre-laug The inner silk satin dressIn 1979 Zandra traveled to China and as inspired by what she found there. One of the fist designs she created form that trip were what she dubbed the "Chinese Water Circle" and the "Chinese Balls" patterns. Both of which are hand painted on red silk chiffon on this amazing dress. In the book The Art of Zandra Rhodes, she says, "To me China had purity and strength The strongest influences upon my Chinese prints were first, the stone carvings of water