c.1976 Nina Ricci Silk Voile Pink Paisley Print Ruffle Trim Dress designer-jean-louis-scherrer There are endless couture level

There are endless couture level details and the workmanship through is all perfectly and meticulously done

These trail down the tops of the shoulder and bodice

The floral design is particularly bright and vivid and offset by that black silk backdrop

I love the ribbing that defines the waist and hem

c.1976 Nina Ricci Silk Voile Pink Paisley Print Ruffle Trim Dress designer-jean-louis-scherrer There are endless couture levelThis wonderful pink silk voile dress is from the Nina Ricci Boutique ready to wear line. When hunting for a reference to date it by, I happened across a photo from 1976 that has a Ricci dress in a very similar print, color and ruffle trim finish. The Ricci atelier was launched in Paris in 1932, Ricci retired from designing in the early 1950s and then Jules Francois Crahay headed the design team until he left for Lanvin in 1963. That makes this dress