c1967 Couture Donald Brooks Silk and Pailettes Jumpsuit designer-genny Pierre Balmain

Pierre Balmain

The sleeves are unlined and long so you get a play on the transparency of the fabric down the arm

Due to the wrap cut the measurements can be adjusted at least one inch up or down

The body of the dress is almost flapper-esque in style with little definition through the waist area - it falls in one smooth tube to that dropped skirt

c1967 Couture Donald Brooks Silk and Pailettes Jumpsuit designer-genny Pierre BalmainThis amazing and rare, early Donald Brooks jumpsuit is the absolute epitome of the best of his couture level work. It is one of the best pieces of his that I have seen outside of a museum. Any of the big name super models of the time would have easily graced the pages of Vogue in this jumpsuit. The fabric is almost beyond comprehension. The base is a cream silk crepe onto which are thousands upon thousand of individually sewn iridescent large sequin