1996 Prada Runway Beige Safari Suit Sleeveless Top and Skirt white_dolce_gabbana The dog tooth cheque pattern

The dog tooth cheque pattern is in a French blue and white colour combination with the central full length button stand featuring unusual blue bowl shaped buttons

It has a gently gathered waistline with a tie attached to the front outer waist seam

New Jersey

The fabric is gathered daintily at the shoulders

organic surface texture

1996 Prada Runway Beige Safari Suit Sleeveless Top and Skirt white_dolce_gabbana The dog tooth cheque patternThis two piece ensemble was designed as part of Pradas Fall 1996 collection. Vogue said retrospectively of the collection that it managed in that inimitable Prada way to destabilize stereotypes and assumptions about propriety, class, gender, and beauty. Tailored from a thick beige synthetic cloth with a weighty, smooth feel, the top is cut to a tunic length and is sleeveless. It is styled like the safari suits so popular in the 1970s, but given a