Vintage 1960s Designer Castillo Paris Hand Painted Black Velvet Couture Tie broach and does up with three

and does up with three large pearlescent plastic buttons

Shoulders:  18” across the flaps

It has a solid black grosgrain sash belt

Waist:  32”  around

Vintage 1960s Designer Castillo Paris Hand Painted Black Velvet Couture Tie broach and does up with threeThis is a wonderful vintage black velvet tie dating to the 1960s, produced by the French fashion house of Castillo. Antonio Canovas del Castillo de Rey (1908 1984), along with Balmain, Balenciaga and Dior, was considered one of the up and coming designers in post war Paris. He designed for Paquin, Piguet and Dior, and, in 1950, became the principle designer for the fashion house of Lanvin. Castillo remained at Lanvin until 1963 at which time he opened