Stunning 1990s Jacques Fath Bow Detailed One Shoulder Bias Cut Dress designer-azzedine-alaia The top is fitted velvet

The top is fitted velvet and the two textures play fabulous off one another

photo by Duffy for Telegraph Magazine

The bodice has high neck

It has a a slight nod to his famous pill box of the 1960s with a touch of thirties high glamour with its black net covering

Note that it has a square of fabric that was originally tacked into the base of the V for extra modesty

Stunning 1990s Jacques Fath Bow Detailed One Shoulder Bias Cut Dress designer-azzedine-alaia The top is fitted velvetJacques Fath showed his first collection of just twenty garments in the spring of 1937. It was received well and he steadily built a strong clientele, eventually expanding into America. The label was shuttered in 1957 after Fath's death three years earlier. In 1992 the label was revived and for the next ten years or so continued to present runway collections. This dress is from that period in the 1990s and is a wonderful piece. It has a definitive nod