Easy-to-Wear 1980s Hanae Mori Printed Leaf & Flower Blue Silk Caftan Dress w Wide Sleeves designer-adele-simpson The back of the skier

The back of the skier is longer then the front and I took some shots of it from the side so you can see how it curves down and back

Photo credits: Yves Saint Laurent

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

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

Easy-to-Wear 1980s Hanae Mori Printed Leaf & Flower Blue Silk Caftan Dress w Wide Sleeves designer-adele-simpson The back of the skierThis 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