{"product_id":"70-s-blue-purple-floral-skirt-jacket-set","title":"70’s Blue Purple Floral Skirt Jacket Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis label was completely new to me, although I am a big fan of Batik.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn researching this label I came across this story on https:\/\/shopthrilling. com\/collections\/vintage-dress-closet website, on a blog by Jonathon Walford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStated:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In 1966 middleweight boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter and his friend John Artis were driving in a car in Patterson, New Jersey when they were stopped by the police. Mistaken for two other men who had just shot up a bar killing three people, the two were taken into custody. Despite a lack of due process... the two were convicted of the crime. Carter became a jailhouse lawyer, poring over the transcripts of his trial, gathering evidence of his innocence for retrial.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarter found support from celebrities like Bob Dylan, as well as strangers, like a group of Canadian socialists who opened a boutique in Toronto’s Yorkville Village in the 1970s called Five Believer’s Batiks Ltd. to raise money for his defense fund. The group knew nothing about fashion, but raised the money by importing clothes made from Malaysian batik cloth. The business was in operation from about 1972 to 1979.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarter’s association with Five Believers eventually lead to a romance with one of the women in the group, and after 18 years in jail, and two trials, Carter was released. He immigrated to Canada, and died in Toronto in 2014 at the age of 76.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWOW!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch a great piece of history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFabric is an amazing white background with blue and purple flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery South Pacific!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImported from Malaysia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacket has that iconic 1970s collar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong sleeves with button cuff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitted jacket comes to the waist and buttons down the front.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkirt is an a-line maxi skirt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSide zipper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on waist band.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a great set.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacket:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40 bust\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30 waist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 length\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17 shoulders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkirt:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28 waist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e54 hips\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e42 lemgth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vintage-dress-closet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42932613808281,"sku":"VDC127","price":164.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0118\/0132\/9723\/products\/il_fullxfull.3285625425_dx6q__CHCHaL.png?v=1636334924","url":"https:\/\/shopthrilling.mom\/products\/70-s-blue-purple-floral-skirt-jacket-set","provider":"THRILLING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}