Late 1970s Pauline Trigere Heavy Linen Sculptural Dress designer-ted-lapidus Those same buttons continue down

Those same buttons continue down the front of the jacket

The front and back plunge deeply to offset that volume and keep the fabric from becoming excessive

Length: 22" from neck to waist

Closes with three fur hooks at the front

I love how there is a little spray of flowers at the back of the neck and how the neckline is finished with gold cording

Late 1970s Pauline Trigere Heavy Linen Sculptural Dress designer-ted-lapidus Those same buttons continue downWhen I look for Pauline Trigere's work I am often drawn to the more flowing silk pieces that she did in the early to mid seventies. However, when I saw this wonderful dress whose label dates it more towards the end of that era, and perhaps into the earlier eighties, I had to have it for the shop. Trigere was known as a master cutter and she kept her business small the entire time it was open from the 1940s to the early 2000s. She ran the business