1960s Mr Mort Rich Printed Velvet Wrap Dress or Coat designer-frank-usher Amanda Lee Shirreffs for her

Amanda Lee Shirreffs for her weekly column on our blog

It is like wearing air and magic

It feels stupendous on - light and easy but with enough structure that it maintains its shape and formal feel

More of these lace medallions circle the hips

France’s then-First Lady Mrs Giscard d’Estaing

1960s Mr Mort Rich Printed Velvet Wrap Dress or Coat designer-frank-usher Amanda Lee Shirreffs for herThis is a gorgeous, and versatile little wrap dress by Mr Mort that has a beautiful print screened onto a plush cotton velvet. The Mr Mort label was at the height of it's success during the sixties and some of the ideas that Stan Herman,, the designer for the label during the 60s, were producing were pretty cutting edge, like putting dresses over pants. One can easily imagine that this is one of those pieces that he would have styled in that way. The