1950s Demi-Couture Pale Yellow Silk Satin Pleat Dress designer-scott-barrie You can wear this straight

You can wear this straight and narrow as shown or add a pretty belt to give it more shape

Really good Biba pieces are getting harder and harder to find and this one is amazing - it really is one of the best of the best by Biba from this era

It is cut to mimic a classic full circle skirt from the fifties and it literally does create a true circle is you lay it out flat

The color is unbelievable and it would have been dyed by hand and then had that amazingly beautiful print screened onto it a complex layered technique

A tie belt cinches in the waist and it has big front pockets that fold over and really add an interesting detail

1950s Demi-Couture Pale Yellow Silk Satin Pleat Dress designer-scott-barrie You can wear this straightThis particular dress is so unusual and so well made that I am absolutely 100% sure this is a not only a designer piece but most likely an important one. The construction is to demi couture standards with an immense amount of hand work in it. It is fitted to hug the body and make of a high quality silk satin dyed to the perfect pale, butter hue. The dress is cut as tight to the body as possible with a ultra lean fitted pencil skirt and simple strapped