LE DIAMANT NOIR, A JEANNE LANVIN COCKTAIL GOWN
UNLABELLED, 1923
The sheer black chiffon ground is embroidered with a myriad of silver paste ribbons, all gradually decreasing into a trompe l'oeil vortex at the solar plexus
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A sketch of Le Diamant Noir is reproduced here by kind permission of Archives Lanvin, dated 1923-1924.