c.1980 Jean Muir Cape Back Museum Piece Dress designer-chloe as a head scarf or

as a head scarf or as a belt

In December of 1970 the line hit the US market

workmanship - everything about this dress is perfect and wonderful

The sleeves and tie are chiffon so give it a nice light

This pretty fabric goes perfectly with the beautiful quilted floral silk that is used for the skirt

c.1980 Jean Muir Cape Back Museum Piece Dress designer-chloe as a head scarf orJean Muir is renowned for her cut and use of fluid flowing silk like jerseys and this is a beautiful example of that. It has the added plus if being a version of the same dress design that is currently held in The Metropolitan Museum's collection (see photo attached of the long, red version and you can view it on their site here). I have also included a photo of a similar dress from an editorial done for Encens Magazine in the Fall Winter 2014 issue.