Museum Held 1960s Beene Bazaar Patchwork Dress designer-maurice Reference Photo: Amanda Lee Shirreffs

Reference Photo: Amanda Lee Shirreffs (see the complete blog post on this look here)

This has been hand screened/painted with colorful dashes of color from top to bottom

Four full layers of feather light silk chiffon top each other

5" from the waist to the bottom of the hem

Museum Held 1960s Beene Bazaar Patchwork Dress designer-maurice Reference Photo: Amanda Lee ShirreffsWe spotted the twin of this dress in the twitter feed of Lacy Schutz showing the dress from the archives of The Museum of the City of New York (see that here). From his very first label, this dress has a certain air of youth and experimentation then did his later work. It is made out of a heavy cotton and there is literally yards of fabric in the dress. The fabric is printed with a colourful, vibrant patchwork design and this contrasts perfectly with