1982 Krizia by Mariuccia Mandelli Deep Plunging Front Sculptural Dress designer-rudi-gernreich Exquisite gilt beaded chain item

Exquisite gilt beaded chain item features a large gilt resin mounted logo pendant

The sequins are completely hand applied and when you see the dress in person you realize just how densely they have been hand applied onto his signature knit base

This is a dress like no other

with a ribbed texture worked through it

The base fabric is a pale baby pink organza layered over the inner pale pink lining

1982 Krizia by Mariuccia Mandelli Deep Plunging Front Sculptural Dress designer-rudi-gernreich Exquisite gilt beaded chain itemMariuccia Mandelli launched the Krizia label in 1954, as one of Italy's first ready to wear labels. By the 1980s and 1990s Krizia was a leader in the Italian fashion world with international acclaim. Much of her work was inspired by architecture and you can see a strong sense of that in this dress. I have dated this to the 1982 collection based on the reference photo found and dated to that year. It shares the same striking and unusual 'pockets' that