1978 Chanel Haute Couture Documented Gold and Seed Pearl Necklace 80s-dress The gown is boned the

The gown is boned the whole way around and features an underwired bra and modesty straps inside the bodice for extra support

We believe this dress to be loosely based on the runway collections from 1985 and have attached a few examples from Yves Saint Laurent's Resort Collection of that year - pictured above in black and white

This also happened across the high end department stores

and is remarkably similar to the custom Mugler dress worn by Demi Moore in the 1993 smash-hit film Indecent Proposal

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1978 Chanel Haute Couture Documented Gold and Seed Pearl Necklace 80s-dress The gown is boned theThis rare and documented Chanel seed pearl and gold chain link necklace was designed for the spring summer 1978 haute couture collection by J. Cazaubon and Y. Dudel. Gabrielle Chanel had past away in 1971 and several of her assistants led the design teams until 1982 when Karl Lagerfeld was appointed creative director. This single strand sautoir was likely crafted by Robert Goossens, a long time jewellery collaborator with Chanel after she returned to