1970s Paco Rabanne Chain Mail Maxi Dress designer-hanae-mori The inside silk lining is

The inside silk lining is immaculate and the abundance of seam work is wonderful to see

It is picked up heavily around the cuffs of the sleeves and the design trails down each side and around the bottom

Interspersed were rigorously cut military tailcoats with taut pants detailed with military frogging

During this time period India was a great fascination as it opened to the Western world and you saw pieces made for he Western market made of these fine and beautiful silks

1970s Paco Rabanne Chain Mail Maxi Dress designer-hanae-mori The inside silk lining isEarly Rabanne pieces are so rare to find and I have three spectacular example of his work in the shop today. This one is a stunning plasticized aluminum chain mail dress in gold with the signature green backing that this particular range of dresses were known for. They were made for a season by Softwear for Baumann AG in Switzerland. The same company that produced the large panel of this that Rabanne used for curtains and room dividers for his home