Rare 1978 Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Pale Mint Turquoise Silk Avante Garde Sack Dress designer-donald-brooks Reference Photo: Spring 2005 Prada

Reference Photo: Spring 2005 Prada Runway Collection

Item# S929

it is meant to just slip on and sit over the dress

It is cut like a long lean column so that the sexuality of the dress is not because it fits your every curve but that it skims over them and the sheer panels at the back and around the neck and upper bodice suggest what lies underneath

It is constructed of a light

Rare 1978 Pierre Cardin Haute Couture Pale Mint Turquoise Silk Avante Garde Sack Dress designer-donald-brooks Reference Photo: Spring 2005 PradaThere is a certain 'mod' silhouette that we tend to associated with Pierre Cardin but he was actually a designer that had a huge range. At times some of his other silhouettes get overlooked and they should not be. This wonderful Haute Couture example is from the 1978 time period and it is very avant garde in feel. I included some other examples of pieces from that same here and you can see that this is a silhouette that he touched upon often. It is a