1960s Black Lace & Net Simonetta Sheath Dress & Cape designer-emma-domb Beautiful and luxurious black velvet

Beautiful and luxurious black velvet was used to make this classic Chanel maxi skirt

This Rive Gauche version would have been based on that Haute Couture gowns from the late seventies collection

Buttons to close at the front and there are two buttons on each cuff

I love that the tunic is covered in little abstarct white half circles and the pants adorned in tightly spaces "stars"

It is slightly brighter yellow in person then how it photoed

1960s Black Lace & Net Simonetta Sheath Dress & Cape designer-emma-domb Beautiful and luxurious black velvetSimonetta Visconti opened a design studio in in 1946 and quickly became a favored designer in her native Rome. In 1952 she married fellow Italian designer, Alberto Fabiani and the label grew and prospered as Italian couture designers were among the favore d of the jet set of the era. In 1962 they opened a short tlived label together Simonetta et Fabiani and by 1965 she was back to her own label and lived in Paris until she sold the label in 1972. This