1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-oscar-de-la-renta The waist is constructed of

The waist is constructed of flat pleats that go both up into the bodice and around the top portion of the skirt

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS

Item# DD1313

The sleeves are full and cuff at the wrist and the dress skims over the body and then has a kicky flare to it through the skirt

1979 Zandra Rhodes Water Circles Dress designer-oscar-de-la-renta The waist is constructed ofIn 1979 Zandra traveled to China and as inspired by what she found there. One of the fist designs she created form that trip were what she dubbed the "Chinese Water Circle" and the "Chinese Balls" patterns. Both of which are hand painted on red silk chiffon on this amazing dress. In the book The Art of Zandra Rhodes, she says, "To me China had purity and strength The strongest influences upon my Chinese prints were first, the stone carvings of water