Name: Silk maxi dress
Brand: Leonard
SKU: 67462600
Price: 2802 GBP
Availability: InStock

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This Pristine Leonard Paris Silk Jersey Maxi Dress is a rare, collector-grade example of 1970s French Designer Couture features a stunning Neo-Brocad, Mandala-style placement print. In mint, like-new condition, this authentic Leonard Paris gown features the house’s iconic hand-screened placement print on luxurious, fluid Soie Naturelle. Perfect for a luxury wedding guest, vintage gala, or a high-end archival collection, this floor-length psychedelic floral dress embodies the glamorous Jet Set era with its signature bishop sleeves and elegant empire waist silhouette.

Fashion Brand: Leonard Fashion Paris, made in France in 70s.
Condition: Excellent quality and condition, as good as new, museum/collector quality. Lightweight, beautiful drape, without lining, zip on the back.
Material: 100% Soie Naturelle, silk jersey, lightweight, slightly stretchy.
Size: the size tag states size I, true to modern S-XS, but please refer to the garment's measurements and style for perfect fit as vintage sizing can vary from the modern sizing. The fabric is a high-quality silk jersey with natural elasticity, allowing for a comfortable and forgiving fit through the bust and waist.

Shoulders: 33 cm
Armpit to Armpit: 40 cm ( stretchy fabric, aprox. 45 cm
Waist ( high waist) : 32 cm x 2 = 64 cm ( stretchy fabric, aprox. 72 cm)
Sleeve length ( measured from the shoulder): 68 cm
Dress length: 140 cm
Hem: 92 cm x 2 = 184 cm

This Leonard Paris maxi dress is a hallmark of the house that earned its founder, Jacques Leonard, the reputation for creating silk jerseys as light as "a breath of air."

Dating from the late 1960s to early 1970s, this piece captured the era’s transition from structured mod silhouettes to the liberated, floor-sweeping glamour of the jet-set age. The print is a symmetrical odyssey, utilizing a placement print technique where every swirling botanical and geometric border is engineered to contour the human form. The palette is an unapologetic celebration of "Dopamine Dressing" - fuchsia, emerald green, sun-kissed yellow.

Leonard’s designs during this period were deeply influenced by the Kashmiri paisley and the traditional Japanese Kimono, reimagined through a Western psychedelic lens. You can see the "art nouveau" revival in the organic whiplash curves of the bodice, paired with a structured, banded empire waist that elongates the silhouette.

The bishop sleeves—voluminous through the arm and tapering into sharp, buttoned cuffs—add a touch of Victorian romanticism reimagined for a new era gala.

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