Incredible Fall 1998 Guy Laroche by Alber Elbaz Runway Black Jersey Reissue of the Mireille Darc Backless Dress designer-adele-simpson Hand applied onto the skirt

Hand applied onto the skirt are large curving 'leaf' designs

Creating the dress in this way is actually quite complex and a technical challenge

There is a cluster of five flowers around the neck and then ten run down the centre of the front

It verges on true Couture

Incredible Fall 1998 Guy Laroche by Alber Elbaz Runway Black Jersey Reissue of the Mireille Darc Backless Dress designer-adele-simpson Hand applied onto the skirtThe twin of the dress walked the runway for the Fall 1998 Guy Laroche collection It was made under the creative direction of Alber Elbaz. Alber was at Laroche from 1996 to 1998. The final collection that he designed was the Spring 1999 show and then he moved to YSL Rive Gauche directly after. This dress is an obvious take reissue on the famous 1972 Laroche designed by Guy and worn by Mireille Darc in the film 'The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe'.