1970s Black Pink Floral Maxi-Dress with Caped Top and Pink Trim vintage_frank-usher This documented 2008 Autumn/Winter collection

This documented 2008 Autumn/Winter collection skirt is by the renowned French couturier Azzedine Alaia shortly after he bought back his company from Prada in 2007

The applique detailing is beautiful

which is slightly transparent

during the 1970s and is made to couture standards

1970s Black Pink Floral Maxi-Dress with Caped Top and Pink Trim vintage_frank-usher This documented 2008 Autumn/Winter collectionThis romantic maxi dress dates to around 1975 and, although it has no surviving labels, we rather suspect it is by Susan Small. The quality is simply sublime and the design is highly characteristic of the house, whose head designer, Maureen Baker, created Princess Anne's wedding dress for her marriage to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973. The original owner purchased the dress from Harrods for a society event, and we have included a contemporary editorial