This jersey printed day dress with trompe d'oeil garments details and bold colour combinations is representative of Roberta di Camerino designs of the early 1970s. Roberta di Camerino is the fashion label of Giuliana Coen Camerino ( 1920-2010). Camerino began her design career by creating velvet handbags during the forced stay in Switzerland during the Second World War. After the war she returned to her native Venice and founded the Roberta di Camerino label ( a combination of her surname and her daughter's first name). For the wooden stucture of her handbags she relied upon the skilled craftsmanship of Venetian gondola makers. In 1956 she was given the prestigious Neiman Marcus Award. Her handbags, and from the 1970s, her trompe d'oeil dresses became desirable fashion statements.