Fall 2006 Comme de Garcons Gold Set designer-sybil-connolly Proper finished button holes

Proper finished button holes

This dress is clearly from that first collection and those very first prints designed by Rhodes

Unlined and closes with a side unpainted metal zipper and a second small metal zipper at the back of the neck

The tie belt is original and the same fabric on both sides

Note that the belt shows some separation from the back leather backing where the glue has let go but presents perfectly from the front

Fall 2006 Comme de Garcons Gold Set designer-sybil-connolly Proper finished button holesThe entire set is constructed of layers of netting some hand painted with those fantastic gold dots and some left black. It is almost indescribable as to the cut and silhouette as it is tucked here with a seam, tacked there with a stitch, deliberately puffed there and buttons are offset, close with the seam protruding out, seams finished, seams left un constructed . the details are endless and stunning. This collection "contained fusions of menswear