Rare, Early 1970s LaVetta Silk Scarf Caftan Dress designer-bill-gibb Big decorative fabric covered pockets

Big decorative fabric covered pockets sit at each hip and I love the curves seam at the waist on both the front and back of the dress

Bust: The fabric is 17" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

They are great voluminous things and each is caught up at the wrist with a combination of elastic and pretty velvet ties

Four full layers of fine

Rare, Early 1970s LaVetta Silk Scarf Caftan Dress designer-bill-gibb Big decorative fabric covered pocketsIn 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. She traveled to Italy and the Orient for silks twice and year and you can see