c.1972 LaVetta Plunging Front and Back Silk Scarf Print Caftan Dress mao-hide The bodice has a full

The bodice has a full corset/bra built in

It is not so heavy that it is unwieldy but it of a weight that when on the shape you see is held perfectly

This item is a final sale as excess hipping would be to hard on it

This red pleated silk Lanvin skirt is utterly fantastic

Peter Dundas has taken Pucci to a darker

c.1972 LaVetta Plunging Front and Back Silk Scarf Print Caftan Dress mao-hide The bodice has a fullIn 1979 LaVetta was featured in Ebony magazine (click here to see it on our blog) and in that article she says "We're known for the dramatic drop dead entrance". Dresses cost upwards to $10,000 when they were produced, which was a remarkable price tag in 1979. At the time she was "the only black person designing and marketing her own line" according to that Ebony article. Legend has it that it was the scarf dress that relaunched her business after the