cocktail dress

Prada

Summary

Cocktail dress in crisp pale blue silk taffeta, vibrantly printed with spaced sprays of exotic maroon flowers; sleeveless with shoulder straps; vertical bands of pleating to front bodice; skirt below caught up into a buffont shape with side puffs; cb zip; attached black cotton tape tie to front waist; fabric printed with Prada in black at intervals; woven label 'Prada, made in Italy, 44'. Prada was founded in Rome in 1913 by the brothers Mario and Martino Prada as a leather goods shop. The company remained under family ownership and specialising in bags and accessories for decades until the first womenswear collection was launched in 1989. Since then Prada fashion has gone from strength to strength with a range of prestigious boutiques in major international cities.