1972-73 Zandra Rhodes Seashell Silk Chiffon Dress designer-biba The work is remarkable -

The work is remarkable - a textured silk has been knife pleated and the over-stitched in horizontal rows from shoulder to the dropped waist

Bust: to 24î flat across from side seam to side seam

Understated but refined

The design then circles the entire bottom half of the skirt

1972-73 Zandra Rhodes Seashell Silk Chiffon Dress designer-biba The work is remarkable -In 1972 Zandra Rhodes was visiting New York on a regular basis and was good friends with a couple named Donna and Jo Lomardo. The three of them would often go antique hunting and on one such foray Zandra found a shell covered wicker basket and it is from this little object that her entire 1972 73 "Shell" collection was born. Here the shell design in hand painted onto a rose colored pink silk chiffon dress to great effect. It has her signature cut with