Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the wrap dress

The wrap dress, created by designer Diane von Furstenberg in the 1970s, has reached iconic status in the fashion world.

It began in 1974, when 26-year old Diane von Furstenberg introduced a long-sleeved printed knit jersey dress that a woman could slip into, wrap the front panels like a robe, tie in place on one side of the waist and – voila – she was good to go. No buttons. No zippers.

Designer Diane von Furstenberg's wrap dress appealed to professional women that needed easy to wear, stylish clothes for work. The silhouette flattered a variety of figures. By 1976, Diane von Furstenberg had sold more than 5 million wrap dresses. She officially relaunched the wrap dress in 1997 after seeing women wearing wrap dresses again. The success of the wrap dress encouraged lookalikes, including faux wrap dresses. These feature a faux waist tie to appear as a wrap dress, but simply pull over the head.

Diane von Furstenburg wrap dresses from the 1970s sell for hundreds of dollars in vintage boutiques. The wrap dress has become a timeless fashion.

If there's one dress in your closet, let it be a wrap dress. Not only is it versatile--acceptable at work, baby showers, weddings, on dates, and at the grocery store--it's flattering on almost every body type. The wrap dress also comes in a range of fabrics, prints, and colors, and it will easily become the go-to and grab item for mornings when you're in a hurry to get out of the door or it can be that gorgeous dress to wear to your friend's wedding when nothing else fits like a glove.

So whether, Skinny, Curvy, Busty, Flat, Even Pregnant--the Wrap Dress is Right For Every Woman! 

xoxo 

The sensual Habesha kemis from Ethiopia

Women's traditional clothes in Ethiopia are made from cloth called shemma and it is used to make the habesha qemis. This is basically cotton cloth about 90cm wide, woven in long strips which are then sewn together, sometimes shiny threads are woven into the fabric for an elegant effect. It takes about two to three weeks to make enough cloth for one dress. The bottom of the garment may be ornamented with patterns.

The Habesha people also known as Abyssinians, are a population group inhabiting the Horn of Africa. The include various related ethnic groups in Eritrean Highlands and Ethiopian Highlands who  speak languages belonging to the South Semetic branch of the Afro-Asiatic family. 

The habesha kemis is the traditional attire of Ethiopian women. Some Rastafarian women in the African diaspora also wear these dresses. The ankle length dress usually worn by Ethiopian women at formal events is made of white chiffon. Many women wrap a shawl called Netella around the formal dress.

The Habesha Kemis is a sensual garment revealing the sense of a women!

Well crafted in East Africa...

xoxo

Afrokulcha Fashion Show at Fabulous Women Magazine High Tea

Venue: Acorn Lane Guest House, Sandhurst
Date: Saturday 1 March
Theme: I love me