70’s Josefa Style Cotton Hand Appliqué Kaftan Dress (L/XL)
70’s Josefa Style Cotton Hand Appliqué Kaftan Dress (L/XL)
1970’s Vintage Josefa Style Cotton Hand Appliqué Kaftan Dress
Size: Large/XL
Color: Blue
Material: 100% Cotton
Bust: 22” flat
Waist: 22” flat
Hips: 24” flat
Length: 55”
Shoulders: 14.5” flat
Sleeve: 23”
- Handmade, Hand Appliqué, Hand Stitched
- Loop & Ball Embroidered Neckline
- Semi Bell Sleeves
- One Side Hip Pouch Pocket
- Lightweight Material
- Unlined
- Either by Josefa or in Josefa Style (see more info below & If it is in fact an unlabeled Diseno Josefa design you’re getting it for a steal of a price)
Excellent Vintage Condition. No rips, holes or stains.
Brand Tag, Material & Care Tag and Size Tag have been removed so there are no interior tags.
MORE INFO:
This traditional caftan / dress very much looks like it was done by the iconic Josefa Ibarra, “the mother of Mexican fashion design, but with no interior tags it’s hard to say as Josefa’s designs were never mass produced and only made by local women.
In 1963, while shooting The Night of the Iguana, Elizabeth Taylor discovered her shop and became a regular customer over the next decade. Josefa went on to open a chain of retail stores in Mexico and exported her garments to Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor and Macy’s as well as overseas.
Her clientele included Sophia Loren, Diana Ross, Princess Grace, Nancy Reagan and other celebrities. She became the first Mexican dress designer to have work featured on the cover of Vogue Paris. She retired from designing clothing in the late 1980s.