KASPER for ASL Ladies Formal Luxury Decorative Dress

Amazing One-of-a-kind Formal Dress w/Metal Closure & Decorative Shoulder & Sleeves. Herbert Kasper, the American designer known as Kasper designed classic dresses and sportswear for women. Born Dec. 12, 1926, in New York City, Kasper studied English and advertising at New York University and left to serve in the U.S. Army. After World War II, he enrolled at the Parsons School of Design and then went to Paris to study at L’Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne and develop his design skills. While in Paris, he held posts at Jacques Fath, Christian Dior, and Marcel Rochas. When he returned to the U.S., Kasper worked for Mr. Fred, a milliner, and as a dress designer for Penart Fashions. He sold his designs to Lord & Taylor. His original works were known as Kasper of Penarth. He also designed for Arnold & Fox. In the Sixties, he started making clothing under his label, Kasper Originals, and later designed petite dresses for Maison Petite. Kasper won the Coty American Fashion Critics Award three times and was inducted into the Coty Hall of Fame. His clothes, which looked expensive, were known for being modern, well-constructed, and commercially successful. Kasper served as president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America from 1977 to 1979. In 1963, Kasper designed for Joan Leslie, the better-priced dress division of Leslie Fay Inc., and when she died, he became head designer for the company and eventually vice president of Leslie Fay.