1970s Janice Wainwright Cream Embroidered Caftan Dress designer-andre-laug His early death at the

His early death at the age of 35 was a true loss and one has to wonder what greatness would have lay ahead of him had he had the chance to continue perfecting his craft

The exterior of this bag is instantly recognizable as being from the house of Dior with its logo finish

Add to that the sleekness of black and make it a designer piece and you have an instant knock-out

Note the perfection of how the strips in the silk on the edge of the jacket at the front line up with each other

The genius is in both the cut and choice of such fine fabrications

1970s Janice Wainwright Cream Embroidered Caftan Dress designer-andre-laug His early death at theThe label on this dress instantly gives us a date of between 1970 1974. 1970 was the year Janice Wainwright launched her own label and after 1974 her labels only carry her name, not the full Janice Wainwright at Forty Seven Poland Street, that we see here. These four years are what has forever defined Janice and her work. She excelled at these embroidered pieces and the Art Deco & Nature inspired designs that she loved flourished and became one of her