1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-roberto-cavalli Seam under bust: 13

Seam under bust: 13

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The neck is cut in a wide scoop across the front but the back is left completely bare

This is perhaps the ultimate hippie rock and roll coat and one that you will reach for over and over

1968 Giorgio Sant'Angelo Purple Applique Velvet Dress w Wood Bead Fringe designer-roberto-cavalli Seam under bust: 13When doing the research to date this lovely dress, I found two references to pieces where Sant'Angelo used the same wood bead fringe that this dress has to finish an edging. One on a jacket photoed on Verushka for Vogue and the other edging a vest that is held in the permanent archives of the Metropolitan Museum. Both were dated to 1968. I found no other images where he used that wood fringing so am confident that this was something particular to that