Prettiest Spring 1990 Oscar De La Renta Deep Sapphire Blue Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Matching Cape designer-ossie-clark These early Chapman pieces are

These early Chapman pieces are very hard to come by and you can see the master draping techniques she employed in this piece

The back dips into a very low squared off cut out that goes right to the waist to show a bare expanse of skin

The skirt is made up of three layers of weightless silk chiffon and this lets the skirt float over and around the body to give it the feel of airiness and lightness

Inner lining hips: to 18

There is no lining under the skirts

Prettiest Spring 1990 Oscar De La Renta Deep Sapphire Blue Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Matching Cape designer-ossie-clark These early Chapman pieces areThe Shrimpton Couture Archives The twin of this dress was shown on the runway for the Spring 1990 collection. It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta. This dress beautifully showcases the genius of Oscar de la Renta and the work that he was doing in this time period. The dress has a beautiful elegance to it and is quite striking. This sense of refinement is a constant in Oscar's work and I particularly love the earlier examples