1970s Purple Silk La Mendola Day Dress designer-scott-barrie It's a great piece and

It's a great piece and in excellent condition with no visible tarnishing

This gets muted and turns to an undertone after three layers of tulle but shows in full strength when you dance or sit

fabric covered buttons that lie over a fine

Curved seaming defines the waist from which the skirt flows out in a gentle A-line

The dress buckles behind the neck and drops in a wide swoop from there

1970s Purple Silk La Mendola Day Dress designer-scott-barrie It's a great piece andI love La Mendola dresses they are genius with their print and really capture the easy, jet set life style of the bohemian chic jet set girls of the 60s and 70s. Made of a mix of silk chiffon and a silk jersey custom screened in one of their signature prints, this chic little day dress is gorgeous! The colors are divine with a mix of purple, pink and lime that oddly works! The bodice is a silk jersey and the sleeves and skirt a flowing silk chiffon. I