Valentino Spring 1977 Haute Couture - 15" W designer-yuki It closes down the front

It closes down the front with a series of silk covered

One of the more iconic designs these were and are

The skirt has a band at the waist for shape and then the silk falls to the floor from there to widen out slightly as it near the hem

It's that crisp fifties cotton that seems to have never been equaled during any other time period

It is slit right up to the base of the panel that wraps around the hips for a mile of leg to show

Valentino Spring 1977 Haute Couture - 15" W designer-yuki It closes down the frontThe Shrimpton Couture Archives Reference Photos: (1) Spring 1977 Valentino Couture. Photo by Mark Hispard. (2) Spring 1977 Valentino Couture Runway.