Description
This is a rare vintage Mila Schon shift dress from the 1970s. It is a creamy ivory silk with giant pink and purple circles. This medium weight double faced silk dress is sleeveless with a round neckline and it closes with a centered back zipper. This is such a perfect example of Mila Schon's attention to detail and love of mod dot prints! We love that she used double faced fabrics that gave her garments the right weight and opacity. Mila Schon is one of those designers who helped define the "quiet Luxury" category and her pieces are coveted by those who love high quality fashion!
Mila Schön's was from a wealthy aristocratic Yugoslavian family who fled to Italy to escape communism. While in Italy, she became more interested in high fashion and among other designers, she became a client of the master couturier Cristobal Balenciaga. When her family lost its fortune, she decided to make money through her interest in fashion. Schön was 35 when she opened a small shop in Milan, where she began doing what many designers of the time were doing, copying Parisian runway designs. But by the mid-1960s Schön was showing her original designs. Her tailoring was meticulously detailed and cut in her favourite double-faced fabrics. Some of her clients included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, her sister Lee Radziwill Ross, and Babe Paley.
Schön described her company slogan as "Not how much, but how." She started her ready to wear line in 1971 and we believe this dress to have come from one of her earlier ready to wear collections.
In order to best determine fit, measure yourself or a garment of a similar style that fits you well. Compare those measurements to those on the item description.
All of our pieces have been professionally cleaned and arrive ready to wear.
Measuring & Fit Guide
We offer a large selection of designers and manufacturers that span the 20th and early 21st century. Sizing varies greatly, so we have outlined our measuring and size estimating process.
The best way to know if a vintage item will fit you is to take a garment that fits you well, similar to the one you are interested in purchasing, and measure it the way we measure ours.
We lay all garments flat and measure as follows*:
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BUST - under arm to under arm across the front and then double that measurement. |
Measure the WAISTBAND, widest part of the HIPS, widest part of the THIGH on one leg and width of the CUFF, then double those measurements |
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WAIST - find the smallest part of the garment if there isn't an obvious seam for the waist and measure across and then double that measurement. |
LENGTH - Measure from the top of the waistband to the bottom of the cuff along the side seam. | |
| HIPS - Find the largest part of the hip area and measure flat, then double that measurement. | RISE - Measure from the crotch to the top of the waistband. | |
| LENGTH - from the nape of the neck or the top of the shoulders, depending on the style of garment. We will measure to the waist when applicable, so that you can determine if it will fit your torso, and then a waist down measurement. | INSEAM - Measure from the crotch to the bottom of the cuff along the inside seam. | |
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SLEEVES - measure from the top of the shoulder seam to the end of the sleeve. When we think that the arm opening is particularly small, we will provide that measurement as well.** |
*Fabrics with stretch will have some give, we will try to mention the range of measurements that will fit comfortably.
**With dolman sleeves, the size is an estimation based on the waist as the body seamlessly joins the sleeve. 
Feel free to email us with specific questions about specific measurements that we may not have included that you need to know in order to feel confident about your purchase. If you have a particularly long torso, short legs, long arms, etc.. we can help you determine whether or not a garment will work for your body.
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Description
This is a rare vintage Mila Schon shift dress from the 1970s. It is a creamy ivory silk with giant pink and purple circles. This medium weight double faced silk dress is sleeveless with a round neckline and it closes with a centered back zipper. This is such a perfect example of Mila Schon's attention to detail and love of mod dot prints! We love that she used double faced fabrics that gave her garments the right weight and opacity. Mila Schon is one of those designers who helped define the "quiet Luxury" category and her pieces are coveted by those who love high quality fashion!
Mila Schön's was from a wealthy aristocratic Yugoslavian family who fled to Italy to escape communism. While in Italy, she became more interested in high fashion and among other designers, she became a client of the master couturier Cristobal Balenciaga. When her family lost its fortune, she decided to make money through her interest in fashion. Schön was 35 when she opened a small shop in Milan, where she began doing what many designers of the time were doing, copying Parisian runway designs. But by the mid-1960s Schön was showing her original designs. Her tailoring was meticulously detailed and cut in her favourite double-faced fabrics. Some of her clients included Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, her sister Lee Radziwill Ross, and Babe Paley.
Schön described her company slogan as "Not how much, but how." She started her ready to wear line in 1971 and we believe this dress to have come from one of her earlier ready to wear collections.
In order to best determine fit, measure yourself or a garment of a similar style that fits you well. Compare those measurements to those on the item description.
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