Rare S/S 1963 Patchwork Rudi Gernreich Bathing Set w Fringe Belt designer-thierry-mugler It blouse gently above the

It blouse gently above the waist and I love the delicate little bows that sit atop each shoulder

The signature and unusual cut collar finishes it perfectly

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

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

Rare S/S 1963 Patchwork Rudi Gernreich Bathing Set w Fringe Belt designer-thierry-mugler It blouse gently above theThe 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