1972 La Mendola 'Paridiso' Peacock Feather Print Deep Pink Silk Jersey Dress designer-tina-lesser This sixties cape may have

This sixties cape may have no label but it is still quite wonderful

Really pretty and feminine

Onto the knit are thousands and thousands of tightly spaced

The borders highlighting the edges are all done in a black cotton withe a crossed checked texture worked into the cloth

This is a piece that you can pair with virtually anything and it will always get compliments and comments as it is so unusual

1972 La Mendola 'Paridiso' Peacock Feather Print Deep Pink Silk Jersey Dress designer-tina-lesser This sixties cape may haveThe pair behind the La Mendola label met in Rome in 1960 and started their business making dresses and selling them one by one, piece by piece. In 1967 they opened a shop. They soon had a Hollywood following and mega stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Rita Hayworth become regular clients who were buying and even wait listing for pieces as they were produced. They made all of the pieces in their ateliers and designed their own prints. Clients would be