c.1972 LaVetta Plunging Front and Back Silk Scarf Print Caftan DressIn 1979 LaVetta was featured in Ebony magazine (click here to see it on our blog) and in that article she says "We're known for the dramatic drop dead entrance". Dresses cost upwards to $10,000 when they were produced, which was a remarkable price tag in 1979. At the time she was "the only black person designing and marketing her own line" according to that Ebony article. Legend has it that it was the scarf dress that relaunched her business after the