Important 1972 Zandra Rhodes Hand Painted 'Butterfly' Kimono Sleeve Dress w Lily Print & Original Petticoat designer-luis-estevez Fully lined through the nodule

Fully lined through the nodule and has full boning all the way around

With the craze for micro short pieces still going strong it almost feels more relevant now then it did when it came out

They are tightly spaced and hand applied to circle the collar and plunge straight down the front in a 2" wide column of sparkles

made of a very fine black wool it is almost completely open down the middle of on the front and then back

There is one faint mark on the front just off center and about upper thigh height

Important 1972 Zandra Rhodes Hand Painted 'Butterfly' Kimono Sleeve Dress w Lily Print & Original Petticoat designer-luis-estevez Fully lined through the noduleIt was during a visit to Tokyo in 1971 that Zandra first started sketching lilies after being sent lilies to her hotel room and the resulting print debuted in her 1972 Spring collection. The Lilly prints have become one of her most iconic and best known prints. Pieces from these original collections are hard to find and they are some of the most sought after of all her vintage pieces. The Lily prints also represent the introduction of handwriting and