Vintage Mexican Artisan Bright Coloured Pattern Hand Embroidered Flowers & Birds Top designer-donald-brooks back zipper

back zipper

I am such a fan of Joy Stevens work - she made amazing jersey dresses out of her design studio in California during the 1970s and they are really some of the nest jerseys of the time period

The pieces are all original

Canada by Maurice Bradden in 1957

are all edged with a soft yellow velvet mixed with a floral print cotton

Vintage Mexican Artisan Bright Coloured Pattern Hand Embroidered Flowers & Birds Top designer-donald-brooks back zipperThis is a gorgeous top that was made in Mexico and the textile it is made from probably dates to the sixties or seventies. The cut is loose and easy with a wide cut neckline and a simple T shape through the body. The fit through the body is very wide and open. There are two attached ties made from the same embroidered fabric that you can tie to give the top more shape. I have tied it at the back so you really get a sense of the work on the front of