c.1974 Lanvin Bright Purple & Green Printed Jersey Full Length Maxi Skirt designer-balenciaga especially the bias cut pieces

especially the bias cut pieces like this

Note that the top is a true white and the skirt a true black

Fully lined with two layers of a fine nude colored silk chiffon and an additional layer of tissue silk through the bodice

I feel like it is a play on the  famous 'banana' set he did in celebration of Josephine Baker

"When Peter Dundas inherited this historic Florentine house—famous since the 1960s for its kaleidoscopic prints—he made reworked archival patterns a major part of his story line

c.1974 Lanvin Bright Purple & Green Printed Jersey Full Length Maxi Skirt designer-balenciaga especially the bias cut piecesThis vintage Lanvin skirt would have been designed by Belgian born Jules Francois Crahay, who headed the Lanvin ateliers from 1964 1984. He has been "noted as one of fashions great colorists with his colorful patterns making his 1970s Lanvin designs hugely desirable and influential." His realm is one of my favorites for the house and the period through the late sixties and into the 70s in particular. He was a genius at print and color and he pushed