1980s Stanley Platos Martin Ross Floor Length Umber Lace Evening Dress MRS Couture

Elegant floor length maxi dress by Stanley Platos Martin Ross. The Dress features long sleeves and a slip – like layering dress. The bottom layer of the dress is brown, floor length, and sleeveless, with a straight – across neckline. The top layer of the dress is lace with beautiful, undulating tiger – like stripes. The lace comes up to the neck -creating a sort of shallow turtle neck- and down to the sleeves. The lace has delicate fringed ends. The dress has a sheath silhouette with a delicately cinched waist. Neck to waist zipper.

Stanley Platos Martin Ross opened in 1982. Prior to opening his own design house, Platos worked under Givenchy and Valentino. Clients of Platos include Mary Tyler Moore, Linda Evans, and Ethel Kennedy