Dramatic 1980s Nina Ricci Black Velvet & Silk Taffeta Dress w Fabulous Sleeves & Slit Skirt designer-chloe The skirt is its original

The skirt is its original length which is almost miraculous after all these decades have passed and skirt lengths have gone up and down so much

Waist: bias cut 14-18" flat across from side seam to side seam

The sleeves are long and it is cut to follow the curves of the body

/  (2) French designer Yves Saint Laurent posing in front of his new shop in London on Bond Street with Betty Catroux (left) and Loulou De La Falaise

Dramatic 1980s Nina Ricci Black Velvet & Silk Taffeta Dress w Fabulous Sleeves & Slit Skirt designer-chloe The skirt is its originalThis dress is from the Nina Ricci Haute Boutique demi couture label from the 1980s and it has that amazing eighties aesthetic to it. The Nina Ricci brand was founded in 1932, at 20 Rue de Capucines in Paris and quickly became one of the top couture ateliers in the world. In 1964, Grard Pipart succeeded Jules Franois Crahay, Nina Ricci's former designer assistant, as head of the brand. Over the following three decades, Pipart's couture vision