Every curve, every fold, every ripple, every intricate webbing of the fabric is hand designed and crafted to create the garments that are causing a sensation across the pages of the fashion world. Front and center in the New York Times style section, a photo spread worth salivating over in Lucky Magazine, and gracing the celebri-bodies of Heidi Klum, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Ritchie, Mary Kate Olson and Jessica Biel, the original Raquel Allegra line is far from its origin as a collection of LA County Jail reclaimed t-shirts. This is high fashion and it is exclusively on Shopflick. With the Raquel Allegra Not-So-Basic-Tee, what starts as a plain, incarcerated shirt is stretched and finessed into undulating ladies-wear loveliness. Elbow-length sleeves, a half-circle hemline, and all-around rippled, faux wrinkled suggestiveness take the Not-So-Basic Tee into the couture universe. In subtle hues of white, grey, navy, and blush, the Raquel Allegra Not-So-Basic Tee is a garment in the modern, never-before-seen, hit-you-with-the-best style. (via shopflick.com)

I covet RA designs! RA is incredibly gifted with creativity, originality and the concept of recycling la county jail tees is GENIOUS. I only wish that I could afford the caftan. This is THE wardrobe staple for 09.