1960s Josefa Pink & Green Hand Embroidered Cotton Caftan Dress designer-azzedine-alaia The dress is cut to

The dress is cut to float over the body and without the belt on has an almost caftan cut to it

The skirt swings out in a full swirl of pleats - each is permanently pressed into the fabric and the result is hundreds of very fine and perfectly matched pleats

Beene is a multiple Coty Award winner and one can easily see why when you look at the details in this wonderful dress

She embroidered them in medallions on vests and softly wrapped dresses or

The edges of the collar and the hem of the skirt are done in a pretty round scallop

1960s Josefa Pink & Green Hand Embroidered Cotton Caftan Dress designer-azzedine-alaia The dress is cut toEach Josefa labeled piece was hand made in Mexico in the late sixties to early seventies. They made fabulous little caftans that are amazing pieces of art to wear. They look and feel like it could have been worn by Talitha Getty or any of the other jet set girls that really pushed the Bohemian movement forward in their day. It is an easy to wear piece that you can wear to the beach, all through a day of exploring or as an evening piece with a change