1970s Black Pink Floral Maxi-Dress with Caped Top and Pink Trim vintage_frank-usher Stage Shoe Shop and Factory

Stage Shoe Shop and Factory

LENGTH BACK - 88 in

this is almost certainly a couture dress

cinched waist and pleated full skirt are trademarks of the era

1970s Black Pink Floral Maxi-Dress with Caped Top and Pink Trim vintage_frank-usher Stage Shoe Shop and FactoryThis romantic maxi dress dates to around 1975 and, although it has no surviving labels, we rather suspect it is by Susan Small. The quality is simply sublime and the design is highly characteristic of the house, whose head designer, Maureen Baker, created Princess Anne's wedding dress for her marriage to Captain Mark Phillips in 1973. The original owner purchased the dress from Harrods for a society event, and we have included a contemporary editorial