Custom Made Coat From Traditional 1940s Mexican Hand Embroidered TehuantepecFabric designer-joy-stevens This one comes with

This one comes with

The shape though the waist is all created by beautiful and curved seams that run vertically over the dress - this technique uses a lot of fabric and is the kind of detail that you see more often in vintage then in new anymore

The skirt is set in and under the draped bodice and the entire front part of the skirt has been scooped upwards which emphasizes all those ruffles even more

Superb little bright

Between the fabric and the slight stretch of the jersey

Custom Made Coat From Traditional 1940s Mexican Hand Embroidered TehuantepecFabric designer-joy-stevens This one comes withThis is an exceptional example of upcycling. This is a custom made coat that utilizes the fabric from the traditional Tehuantepec embroidered cloth. Those original textiles are absolutely beautiful examples of Mexican textile art. They were hand woven and were part of the traditional dress from the Tehuantepec area of Oaxaca. Frida Kahlo was known to wear pieces with this embroidered work on them. All of the embroidered parts to the coat that you see