The ombre sequin corset adds a touch of glamour, while the fitted scoop neck and high slit offer a flattering silhouette
1940s: Women wore qipaos with stockings from this time and no longer wore long trousers with qipaos
A writer in 1879 was shocked at the popularity of tea gowns, reacting in horror to the laxity in morals that the relaxed dresses encouraged: Ladies who a few years ago would have considered the idea appalling, calmly array themselves in the glorified dressing-robe known as the tea gown and proceed to display themselves to the eyes of their admirersOf course it in no-way resembles the dressing gown of utility
Cut in size FR 38 (approx bust 81cm / 32in), the silhouette balances structure and softness, with the chiffon offering movement and the wool grounding the form
The entire collection, especially those final pieces, were reminiscent of the labels boundary-pushing Fall/Winter 1992 Bondage collection (provocatively titled Miss S&M), where fetish-wear got the high-fashion treatmentbut this collection was more provocative