Rare 1950s Jacques Tiffeau Silk Dress designer-andre-laug The bodice is especially wonderful

The bodice is especially wonderful - it is covered in swirls of varying sized pearls set amongst big glass crystals

The top wraps and ties while still staying somewhat high on the chest as was the fashion of the time

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The skirt cascade to the floor with a ruffle set at knee height and a band of black to anchor the piece

Rare 1950s Jacques Tiffeau Silk Dress designer-andre-laug The bodice is especially wonderfulJacques Tiffeau examples can be found in The Metropolitan Museum archives and this particular dress is as good as those examples (if not better) Jacques only designed for a few years in the 60s under his own label and was a bit of a fashion bad boy. He was a gossip, had torrid love affairs with some of the greatest designers of the time (he was at one point the lover of Monsieur Dior!). His pieces are rare and many of them can be a little dowdy, but