1970s Handkerchief Hem Giorgio di Sant Angelo Dress designer-suzy-perette to create different textures and

to create different textures and weights so even through the gown is one solid color you really get the sense of three different weights and textures

Its deceptive size wise as it is cut to drape - my mannie is actually a small and it is not pinned on her just draped so it will fit a variety of figures

The top is cut like a little silk bomber and it buttons all the way open so you could layer it over other pieces

I love the longer length so it has that full on "spy" coat feel to it and the original belt allows you to cinch it in for shape

1970s Handkerchief Hem Giorgio di Sant Angelo Dress designer-suzy-perette to create different textures andThis 1970s handkerchief hem, cream lace dress is absolutely beautiful and a wonderful example of Giorgio di Sant'Angelo's work and aesthetic. He first hit the fashion map when Diana Vreeland asked him to design clothing for a desert location shoot that starred Verushka in 1968. That shoot is now legendary it created such a buzz that his clothing was instantly sought out by all the most fashionable women on the planet! In 1976 he dropped the "di" from