Vintage 1970s Catherine Buckley Stenciled Lace Dress

Catherine Buckley

Beautiful and rare 1970s Catherine Buckley dress.  Stenciled brown and ivory antique lace.  Floral motif with mushrooms, butterflies, and hears.  Fitted bodice with a full tiered skirt.  Angel sleeves.  Lined.  Back zipper. 

"Throughout the decades Catherine has displayed a remarkable talent for reinvention.  Perhaps her greatest triumph to date was taking 19th century manufacturers samplers, rescued from an abandoned factory and transforming them into unique patchwork creations, very much the talk of the fashion world at the time.
From simple beginnings in 1963 Catherine came to be recognised as one of the world’s most distinctive, influential and unconventional designers in the Great British tradition.
Catherine opened her first shop in Westbourne Grove in the heart of Notting Hill where she forged a reputation for quirky designs of uncompromising quality amongst celebrities, fashion experts and the buying public alike." 
From the Catherine Buckley website (catherinebuckley.co.uk)  

DETAILS:
Label: Catherine Buckley "Fragile.  This garment is made from a jaquard material woven between 1905 and 1935.  Because of it's age please handle with great care.
Fabric:  Cotton lace, acetate lining
Circa:  Early 1970s
Condition:  Overall very good.  The dress shows normal wear.  There is some overall age-darkening (mostly on the ivory parts).  Priced accordingly.

MEASUREMENTS:
Shoulders:  15"
Bust:  34"
Waist: 28" 
Hips:  52"
Bodice length:  14.5"
Skirt length:  43" 


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