Romantic Fall 2019 Valentino Pleated Cotton Dress w Huge Painted Floral Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel The first waist seam is

The first waist seam is set high and just under the bust

Bill Blass became the head designer at Maurice Rentner in 1959 and soon after that his name started to appear on the labels

/ Photo from The Metropolitan Museum of Art "The Collection Online"

There's a hidden inside pocket on one side

Waist: 16" from side seam to side seam

Romantic Fall 2019 Valentino Pleated Cotton Dress w Huge Painted Floral Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel The first waist seam isA similar silhouette to this dress walked the runway for Fall 2019 but this dress was a production piece that was done in limited quantities for the shops. I still included the runway shot here because it gives you an idea of the fit of the dress once on the body. Fall 2019 was a wild success. The Vogue review for this collection touched on his inspiration for the show saying; (he is) a man on an intuitive mission to place fashion on a positive plane.