Rare 1970s Yuki Ivory Draped Jersey Open Shoulder Caftan Dress designer-andre-laug " I have included the

" I have included the video form the exhibit where you see a flash of a similar dress on the runway and also photos that have the twin on this same dress in a group with Patrick himself

it closes with a painted metal zipper and hook & eye at the back of the waist

hem and bottom of the pants

original Spiegel label in it which suggests to me that the company imported it in to catch the fever of the 1950s tourist market when these were all the rage

The shawl or portrait collar is expansive and covers the entire shoulder - in notes for other shawled collared dress The Met comments "A full skirt balances a nipped waist or a portrait collar counteracts a fitted bodice in numerous examples of Dior's work"

Rare 1970s Yuki Ivory Draped Jersey Open Shoulder Caftan Dress designer-andre-laug " I have included theI always watch for caftans and pieces by Yuki. It is one of the more rare labels to find and I love his work. Gnyuki Torimaru started out as an architect before becoming a textile engineer and then a designer. He worked for Louis Feraud, Pierre Cardin and Norman Norell before striking out on his own in 1972. One of his trademarks was to use minimal seaming on his pieces and this caftan is no exception to that. It had just one central seam that runs