1960s Unlabeled Brown Floral Print Chiffon Caftan Dress w Feather Trim & Bare Shoulder Cut designer-adrian A tiny spot on the

A tiny spot on the front and minor thinning of the fabric along the seam under one arm

This would have been specialty screened and please take a moment to dwell over how each element of the printed design is worked perfectly into the construction of the dress - it's just masterful

It has a bit of a sculpted feel to it and I love how the waist nips in but there is no seam there to break the lines of the dress

George Halley started at Charles James who said of the young designer that he 'was a genius at draping'

1960s Unlabeled Brown Floral Print Chiffon Caftan Dress w Feather Trim & Bare Shoulder Cut designer-adrian A tiny spot on theThis is a beautiful chiffon dress that has an overlay made from the same chiffon fabric. Both layers are printed with a huge abstract floral design done in a mix of a brown printed onto a white chiffon backdrop. The same print is screened onto both the exterior layer and on the inner dress. This allows the two prints on each layer to be slightly offset as they float over each other giving the print an extra dimension of depth. Then to add even more