c.1972 Unlabeled Karl Lagerfeld Chloe Hand Painted Halter Dress & Scarf designer-zandra-rhodes The color washed out a

The color washed out a touch since I style it over a white slip but it s true dark purple with fields of flowers from top to bottom

Hand done from a thick black yarn

and its inspiration was taken in the same spirit of the Formfit Rogers done with Pucci during this same time period of fashion

Depending on the light and how the fabric is sitting the color seems to change before your eyes

c.1972 Unlabeled Karl Lagerfeld Chloe Hand Painted Halter Dress & Scarf designer-zandra-rhodes The color washed out aThe painted floral design used on this dress is distinctive and it was this feature that allowed me to find the date of the collection. We tracked down some photos of Karl in the studio with models wearing pieces from the 1972 collection and you can see that there are similar design elements used on the various floral pieces in those photos as we see on this example. This information also matches what I was told about the purchase date form its