1970s Layered Silk Chiffon Travilla Maxi Dress designer-issey-miyake I love the pointed shawl

I love the pointed shawl collar† - it sits wide and frames your face

Made of a high grade silk in a cream is simply wraps at the waist and secures

Emerald green velvet is shaped into a beret meant to sit higher on the head rather then pulled down as its later counterparts

Hand dyed to an Apricot

Fully lined in a high grade fine black tissue silk with hand placed and sewn silk chiffon borders placed over the edges where the sequins fold over inside the interior

1970s Layered Silk Chiffon Travilla Maxi Dress designer-issey-miyake I love the pointed shawlThis beautiful and easy to wear dress is by Travilla, who is of course the genius behind Marilyn Monroe's Subway Grate dress from the movie "The Seven Year Itch". He was renowned for his pleat work and ability to drape a gown and his work respected the fabric choices and used them to their greatest advantage. Here he used three layers of light, fine, sheer silk chiffons and in a way it is really three separate dresses layered over each other with only