This RARE fabulous 100% wool evening dress with gold embroidery (50% viscose/rayon and 50% polyamide) has long bell sleeves with four (4) signature black buttons on each bell sleeve (JB in gold lettering) and is in excellent condition. The dress is fully lined in black 100% polyester.   The label reads JACQUES FATH PARIS SIZE 8.  

Fath was lucky to have several high profile clients and contracts. In 1948, he designed ballerina Moira Shearer’s costumes for the film, Red Shoes. (One of the best ballet films to be made- if you haven’t already watched it, you must!) 1949 was no slouch for him, either- actress Rita Hayworth selected Fath to make her wedding dress (and trousseau) when she married Prince Ali Khan. Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina, favoured Fath, as well as other French designers. One of the only surviving portraits of Perón shows her in a Fath gown (which survives). Actresses Greta Garbo and Ava Gardner were also fans of him, as well.