1960s Jean Varon Slit Front Empire Waist Art Deco Print Dress designer-maggy-rouff The bodice acts like a

The bodice acts like a corset with inner boning and structure to cinch you in at the waist and hold you up through the bust

Front pockets along the seam

Here this beautiful blue silk dress plays on that theme with hand crafted

From the Hyperbole line it has that classic sculptural silhouette

1960s Jean Varon Slit Front Empire Waist Art Deco Print Dress designer-maggy-rouff The bodice acts like aJean Bates designed under the name Jean Varon in 1959 and quickly became a favorite of the British fashion sect. In 1965 one of his dresses was chosen as the 'Dress of the Year' and donated to the Fashion Museum in Bath, the same museum who held a retrospective of his work in 2006. Here he has done a brilliant little dress that is heavily influenced by the love for all things Art Deco during this time period. If it was not such a tiny sized piece I