Museum Held 1969 Courreges Black Silk Organza Ruffle Detailed Dress designer-bonnie-cashin This inner layer closes with

This inner layer closes with a back painted zipper

It buttons at the small of the back in a row of tightly spaced buttons and above that the nude netting opens to an almost inverted long diamond shape that is caught up at the base of the neck by a hook and eye

It has a belt that you can cinch in the waist

These sit horizontally over the skirt and mimic the cut of the diamond shaped halter of the bodice

Museum Held 1969 Courreges Black Silk Organza Ruffle Detailed Dress designer-bonnie-cashin This inner layer closes withThis is a remarkable example of his Courrege and his more extravagant work during that time period. I know we more often associate his work with very mod, strict lines but he also did many dramatic pieces like this using silks and organza's and I am sometimes more excited to find these then the more common mod feeling ones. A version of this one is held at the Munchner Stadtmuseum making it even more special. This beautiful dress made out of a feather