Stunning 1990s Jacques Fath Bow Detailed One Shoulder Bias Cut Dress designer-azzedine-alaia The bodice has high neck

The bodice has high neck

photo by Duffy for Telegraph Magazine

The exterior is a silk net lace with a black silk cording hand applied through the net to create the suggestions of blossoms running over the surface

The bodice crosses and drapes and the flat folds of fabric add to the illusion of the nipped in waist

Note that it has a square of fabric that was originally tacked into the base of the V for extra modesty

Stunning 1990s Jacques Fath Bow Detailed One Shoulder Bias Cut Dress designer-azzedine-alaia The bodice has high neckJacques Fath showed his first collection of just twenty garments in the spring of 1937. It was received well and he steadily built a strong clientele, eventually expanding into America. The label was shuttered in 1957 after Fath's death three years earlier. In 1992 the label was revived and for the next ten years or so continued to present runway collections. This dress is from that period in the 1990s and is a wonderful piece. It has a definitive nod