• Based on the jagged flame pattern on the dress, this dress is almost certainly from the 1973 season.
• It was made under the creative direction of Loris Azzaro
• Loris Azzaro launched his label in 1967 and quickly defined his trademark looks by using ornate fabrics and avant garde ways of defining the body. Some of the most beautiful women in the world wore his clothing including Marisa Berenson, Raquel Welch, Jane Birkin, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot and Tina Turner.
• It was a label that defined sexiness and had a certain French flare that women world-wide loved. By the seventies and eighties he was experimenting with volume and proportions and new fabrics that at the time were all cutting edge. This is a stunning example of his work during the mid-seventies.
• This is a dress that will come to life even more once on an actual body and I hope the photos convey enough of how fabulous it is because when worn this one will be even better.
• The entire body of the dress is covered with densely applied black sequins and these catch the light from every angle.
• The sequins are set in long vertical rows to the hem and appeared to have been all hand placed.
• The top of the bodice is a single layer of black silk chiffon. This bit of transparency adds an incredibly sexy feel. 
• He used that same silk chiffon down the back where it dips into a low scoop.
• I love the way that the jagged flame pattern defines the bust and that low scoop at the back.
• A high slit up one side lets you have the perfect flash of skin when you walk or sit.
• The dress is fully lined through the body in a black silk and it zips to close at the back. 
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 57.5" from top of shoulder to hem with 2.5" turned under
Slit: 19.5" from hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-XL

Item# DD5595

Reference Photos: (1-3) Marisa Berenson in a Loris Azzaro. October 1973. Photo: Michael Holtz.   /   (4) The cover of the book "Azzaro" for Assouline - Marisa Berenson and Loris Azzaro photographed in 1973, for issue 604 of L'Officiel de la Couture et de la Mode de Paris, by Roland Bianchini.  /  (5) Image from the book "Azzaro: Fifty Sparkling Years"  /  (6) Magazine spread featuring a model in Azzaro, 1973. / (7) Spring 1973 Loris Azzaro Couture.

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