1990s Bright Hand Embroidered Western Shirt designer-michael-novarese It's a stunning piece

It's a stunning piece

The fabric has a good solid weight to it but once on is perfectly distributed

Both pieces slip over the head to wear

The bodice is cut like a proper fifties dress should be with rounded shoulder and gussets under each arm

Each sleeve has two fabric covered buttons and proper finished buttonholes

1990s Bright Hand Embroidered Western Shirt designer-michael-novarese It's a stunning pieceThe shop this came from is in Santa Fe and was owned by a woman named Nathalie who is a former French vogue editor who owns her self named boutique there with a mix of old and new. It is a play on the Western shorts of the 40s and like the originals is hand embroidered with Mother of Pearl style snap buttons running down the front and on each cuff. The embroidery covers the front sleeves and back quite extensively. It really has that Isabel Marant