1960s Lachasse Bee Pattern Silk Dress Jeff_Banks_Blouse pale to blush pinks and

pale to blush pinks and pale to inky blues

This wool and black piped 1960s dress is by the New York designer Geoffrey Beene

and whose designs are extolled for "exclusivity

The dress has been edged in a zig zag seam and does up at the side with the original metal zip

1960s Lachasse Bee Pattern Silk Dress Jeff_Banks_Blouse pale to blush pinks andA 1960s silk bee print dress by none other than Lachasse, one of the oldest British couture houses having opened in 1926, it sadly closed its doors in 2006. The dress is entirely handmade and was made in the same tradition as haute couture fashion from the ateliers in Paris. Nearly all of Lachasse's clients were wealthy titled ladies, including royality and socialites. It is lined in mustard silk and the colours are turquoise, lilac, pale lilac and