Late 1970s-1980s Janice Wainwright Red Dotted Silk Bias Cut Dress designer-rudi-gernreich Modern Sizing Equivalent:SML-LRG

Modern Sizing Equivalent:SML-LRG

The fabric has been cut so that it is set on an angle so that you get that diamond pattern

the recent trend towards wearing items more sheer and layered over inner foundation garments makes piece like this far more suitable as outwear now

Tagged an vintage YSL 38

The dress is unlined and made of a synthetic jersey knit and the fabric does have stretch

Late 1970s-1980s Janice Wainwright Red Dotted Silk Bias Cut Dress designer-rudi-gernreich Modern Sizing Equivalent:SML-LRGJanice Wainwright launched her own label in 1970 and continued designing into the 1980s. Her work in the late 1970s and 1980s simplified in terms of embellishments and embroidery but she still used amazing fabrics and the better of her later pieces, like this one, explored drape and bias cuts. This dress is made from a beautiful red silk that has a dot pattern worked directly into the silk. The dots seems to be fused onto the silk and each has the