Spring 1970 Donald Brooks Documented Cropped Top & Pants Silk Set designer-hermes flat weave

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It does have elements that he later used so if this was not done by him it was most certainly influenced by his time there

It is also a great larger

The same dress is part of the permanent collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and that one was displayed in the 2013 exhibit "Hippie Chic

It is completely cut on the bias and once on the body it skims over your curves and highlights your shape

Spring 1970 Donald Brooks Documented Cropped Top & Pants Silk Set designer-hermes flat weaveThis amazing and rare Donald Brooks Boutique set has the added provenance of its twin being photoed on Marisa Berenson for the May 1970 issue of Vogue. From my understanding the Boutique label was launched in 1971 and I wonder if this was an early forerunner for that label and perhaps Vogue was given the inside scoop on it. Or perhaps Brooks did some pieces for his soon to launch label on a small scale that year before launching the full label for the