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Jeanne Margaine- Lacroix Paris, ercu silk dress w

Jeanne Margaine- Lacroix Paris, ercu silk dress with lace panel to bodice, the layered bodice with trim of silk spheres, labelled, Margaine Lacroix, Boulevard Housman Paris, C 1910 French designer Jeanne  Margaine Lacroix, whose creation of the ' Sylphide  Sans corset dress '  caused a sensation in  Belle Epoque Paris  of May 1908 when three beautiful young women attended the races at Longchamp wearing the  garments without petticoats or corsets. The couture clothes of the designer became sought after  by the more progressive  ladies of Europe.          Provenance : Collection from Hinwick House home to the Orlebar family, please see lot 1501 for details . Length 125, waist 60 UA 72 cm