Ultra Rare 1976 Halston Iconic Front Tying Easy to Wear Column Dress in a Bias Cut Chocolate Brown Terry Cloth z-archive-lorisazzaro Reference Photo/Video: (1-3) Fall 1973

Reference Photo/Video: (1-3) Fall 1973 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Collection

It is gathered in and around the waist in a series of tiny pleats and then these open out to create that billowing skirt that you see

Instead of leather is is made from a faux patent that is done in a beautifully brilliant blue color

Karl said at the time that he 'used to love riding the bus in Paris as a school boy' and that was the inspiration behind the idea of the show

I have not found a really great Perette dress in ages and am so pleased to have such a fine example of her work in the shop today

Ultra Rare 1976 Halston Iconic Front Tying Easy to Wear Column Dress in a Bias Cut Chocolate Brown Terry Cloth z-archive-lorisazzaro Reference Photo/Video: (1-3) Fall 1973The dress is from the Spring 1976 Collection It was made under the creative direction of Roy Halston Halston made several of these dresses in different colours. Mostly they were produced in a bias cut silk or a hammered bias cut silk. Even the silk versions are hard to find and finding one in a terry cloth is very unusual and rare. It is said that before even putting scissors to fabric, Halston already had a mental image of how he wanted to dress to