Jeanne Lanvin Haute couture, 1947

A wool crepe day dress with drapes and accentuated padded shoulders

A rare Jeanne Lanvin couture war-time crepe dress, Summer 1947, large woven label and numbered 90198, with accentuated padded shoulder, low peplum with drapes to front and two large buttons, bust 92cm, 36in very faint underarm stains
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this model was designed by Marie-Blanche de Polignac, daughter of Jeanne Lanvin, who succeeded her mother in 1946.