Easy-to-Wear 1980s Hanae Mori Printed Leaf & Flower Blue Silk Caftan Dress w Wide Sleeves designer-adele-simpson Having it sit so low

Having it sit so low give the illusion of length as the eye is tricked to look down

The sleeves are long and cut straight with a pretty scalloped finish

It skims over the waist and curves back out over the hips

That gives us a precise 4 year window in which to date this in and also means it is from the very beginning of his career - prior to Jane Derby he was working under and for other labels but not doing his own accredited design work

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Easy-to-Wear 1980s Hanae Mori Printed Leaf & Flower Blue Silk Caftan Dress w Wide Sleeves designer-adele-simpson Having it sit so lowThis pretty printed silk caftan dress dates to the 1980s. The dress was made under the creative direction of Hanae Mori. Hanae was the first woman of Japanese descent to have presented on the Paris and New York runways and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official Haute Couture house to La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Her work is exceptional. Hanae Mori excelled at these beautiful prints that combined nature with elements of