1980s Bellville Sassoon Appliqued Bodice & Princess Skirted Tulle Dress designer-thea-porter When my client presented me

When my client presented me with this coat I almost fainted

It was while developing the Lily textiles that she developed the method of reversing the silkscreen to produce a mirror image of the print and create symmetrical patterns

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I feel like so many of the modern pieces I am seeing on the runway could have very well been inspired by this exact dress too

I believe it is also an earlier piece and shows that contrast between the time when he really started to use pattern head to toe and slightly before that when more solid pieces were worked in

1980s Bellville Sassoon Appliqued Bodice & Princess Skirted Tulle Dress designer-thea-porter When my client presented meThe Bellville Sassoon label was founded in 1953 by Belinda Bellville but did not officially take on the Bellville Sassoon label until 1970 when David Sassoon, who had been with the company since 1958, took over most of the designing. In 1987, Irish designer Lorcan Mullany joined the company and took over designing and the brands labels changed to reflect this. The Sassoon label became internationally known when Princess Diana began wearing pieces