RARE! Elegant and sophisticated styling. This is an original 1960’s watercolor fashion design created by a future couturiere from the prestigious Academia Internazionale d’Alta Mode E D’Arte De Costume in Rome. The institute is one of the most prestigious international fashion design institutes in the world, graduating designers who go on to create for the most famous haute couture fashion houses. The Academia was founded in 1951 by Toni Alba Koefie who was first to revolutionize the fashion world with utilizing mannequins in fashion designing. This became known as the Koefia technique. Patterns which were first drawn were created directly on mannequins and were soon to be used in the big French fashion houses of Chanel, Dior, and Nina Ricci. This design was created by a graduating student from the Academia. It is a signed, clean drawing with soft Impressionist watercolor complimenting strong pen work. Unusually large in size, 11.25 x 16.5 inches; comes custom matted in a neutral toned 18 x 24 inch mat ready for a standard size frame.