Rare c1958 Jean Desses Green Silk Elaborate Pleat Dress designer-paco-rabanne The green skirt anchors it

The green skirt anchors it all and is wonderfully full when you twirl

Rizkallah was born in Egypt and studied at the Ecole de dessin appliqué and the Ecole des arts decoratifs in Paris

The fabric feels like perhaps a cotton mix that has an almost canvas like feel to it but with a smooth texture to it

A signature gold cording accents the point where the velvet meets the silk and the bottom edging of the hem is also ringed with gold cord

Rare c1958 Jean Desses Green Silk Elaborate Pleat Dress designer-paco-rabanne The green skirt anchors itJean Desses opened his couture house in 1937 and was a designated Haute Couture house under the official Chambre Syndicate de la Haute Couture. He began a ready to wear line in 1949. By 1960 the couture portion of his business was closed followed by the closure of the ready to wear 5 years later. This makes finding his pieces very rare from either of his lines. When he expanded his atelier to serve the overseas market in the late 1950s, he was among