For last week’s Rate the Dress I showed a typical 1930s frock in vivid tangerine orange lace.  Some of you thought that, despite the bright colour, the frock was too standard been-there-done-that 1930s, and gave it a very middling score.  The rest of you either love-love-loved the dress, or really-really didn’t – all of which, not surprisingly, led to a rather mediocre score of 6.6 out of 10. (and well done to Daniel, for being the only one to notice that yes, I’ve been presenting the rainbow for ratings, but having come back around to orange, rather than re-starting with yellow, I’m now heading off in a new themed direction.) This Jean Patou evening dress is both extremely  minimalist, in its muted  colour palette and simple cut, and extremely  maximalist in its elaborate Egyptian inspired beading. While the decorations on the dress are based on Egyptian & Byzantine  designs, Patou has carried them out in pastel shades of blush, lilac  and gold, subverting  our expectations of the inspiration point. The overall effect combines the typical …