1970s Graphic Jean Varon Check Dress designer-balmain early plastic carved button and

early plastic carved button and a fabric loop of the same fabric

Connolly usually oriented the pleats horizontally

Item# DD919

The skirt wraps over itself at the front so you are fully covered when it is on but it is open to the waist under the wrapped part - like a true wrapped skirt would be

Bust: 20" flat across the inside back from side seam to side seam and continuing to bottom hem

1970s Graphic Jean Varon Check Dress designer-balmain early plastic carved button andWhat a fabulous checked Jean Varon dress! Made of a beautiful cotton fabric it is easy to wear and has wonderful lines. The bodice is cut to fit to the body and has a deep front and back plunge. The skirt is quite dramatic and cut on an A line to the floor. The fabric helps it to feel full. I love how he took strips of a smaller checked fabric and used them as flat piping to highlight the cut of the bodice. It manages to be sexy and yet feel a little