c.1972 LaVetta Plunging Front and Back Silk Scarf Print Caftan Dress designer-mollie-parnis That led to Amies appointment

That led to Amies appointment as the Royal Dressmaker in 1955 after Elizabeth became the Queen

style of sleeve and type of beads used place this in the very early years of Fortuny's career

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The tie belt is original and the same fabric on both sides

but at the time this was a cutting edge fabric with all the promises of long life and easy care

c.1972 LaVetta Plunging Front and Back Silk Scarf Print Caftan Dress designer-mollie-parnis That led to Amies appointmentIn 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. Legend has it that it was the scarf dress that relaunched her business after the