Rare S/S 1963 Patchwork Rudi Gernreich Bathing Set w Fringe Belt designer-thierry-mugler No attempt to remove these

No attempt to remove these have been made and they may come out if treated by a professional - in theory these were billed as being washable but this is sold as found

Its screened with a customs print of beautiful flowers that are places to highlight the cut of the gown and add to the length created by the drape

Tachi Castillo lived in Taxco Mexico and made pieces like this fantastic embroidered skirt by hand for the tourist market

This gives a wonderful sense of airiness and lightness

Rare S/S 1963 Patchwork Rudi Gernreich Bathing Set w Fringe Belt designer-thierry-mugler No attempt to remove theseThe Spring Summer 1963 Gernreich collection featured a variety of items made from a patchwork knit. The Metropolitan Museum holds a Maillot in their permanent archives and a jacket was featured in the 2011 exhibition "UNRAVEL Knitwear in Fashion" at the MOMU Mode Museum in Antwerpen, Belgium. Here we have a third piece from that collection and it as as rare as the other two and probably deserves to be held in a museum as well. The set consists of a