Red, cream, and navy dress and belt with square pattern

Mr. Dino, American, 1950 - 2009 · ca.1970

A red, cream, and navy shift dress and a matching belt with square pattern. The dress (a) has a V neckline with a wide pointed lapel collar, long set-in sleeves, and two bust darts. The dress is made of cream knitted synthetic possibly polyester. The pattern on the dress is mirrored at the center front. A band of red is printed on the edges of the sleeves, collar, hem, and the center front. Two different sizes of squares are printed across the dress in red, navy, and cream outlined in a thin line of black. The text “Mr. Dino” is printed in cursive in small black text on the bottom of each sleeve, and on the front and back of the dress close to the hem. The collar is smaller in the back and has two metal hooks on the proper right and two metal eyes on the proper left. A plastic zipper with a metal pull is sewn to the center back of the collar. The bottom of the zipper transitions into a center back seam. The edges of the sleeves are finished with machine overcast stitches and are hand tacked to the interior. The hem of the dress is folded under, it is machine stitched to cream synesthetic lace and hand tacked to the dress’s interior. The front of the collar folds inwards and is backed with white synthetic interfacing. A paper sticker is attached to the front of the collar on the interior proper left side that reads “295-5.00” in blue ink. A metal snap is sewn to the top of each shoulder at the dress’s interior. A label is sewn to the center back of the dress’s interior to the proper left of the center back zipper. The label reads [Mr. Dino / NEW YORK PARIS FLORENCE], and a manufacturing label is sewn underneath.