Vintage 1960’s Key West hand print fabrics skirt Lilly Pulitzer / Suzie Zuzek

In gently used condition with minimal signs of wear. Measurements / sizes are included in pictures provided. This item comes from a smoke free home. 1 day shipping is offered. All reasonable offers considered. Shop additional items and combine to save on shipping. A little history on the maxi wrap skirt: For years Key West Hand Prints designed and made the distinctive fabrics Pulitzer used in her dresses. Before 1961, Key West Hand Prints was a small fabric printing business in Key West, Florida, owned by Walter Starcke. The company made small printed linens, like tea towels. In 1961, Peter Pell and Jim Russell were visiting the island when they decided it was a good place to live. They bought Key West Hand Prints and hired a designer for the prints, Suzie Zuzek dePoo. On the other side of Florida, another entrepreneur was at work developing a line of tropical print dresses. Lilly Pulitzer had enlisted the services of a dressmaker to make dresses in loud prints that would cover juice stains she got while working in her family business, an orange grove and juice stand. So many customers at the stand asked about Pulitzer’s dresses that she saw an opportunity to make similar dresses for sale. She learned about Key West Hand Prints and visited the island to see if she could use the prints in her new line. For the next fourteen years or so, Key West Hand Print Fabrics designed and made the iconic Lilly Pulitzer fabrics.