Exceptional 1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Velvet Dress w Open Back & Bows designer-rochas It seems to convey an

It seems to convey an instant bit of joy

Length: 41" from waist to hem

(Photos 1-3 by Erin Leydon)

It did have a label in it at one time but there is only the faint outline of it left anymore

Exceptional 1980s Ady Couture Lausanne Black Velvet Dress w Open Back & Bows designer-rochas It seems to convey anThis dress was made by hand in the atelier of Ady Couture who was based in Lausanne Switzerland. Ady herself was a couture trained seamstress and headed a team who had full permission of the Haute Couture houses she worked with to make the designs they showed in Paris for clients based in Switzerland and the surrounding areas. She would purchase the couture fabrics from the couture houses along with the patterns and then make the actual dresses in her