1980-82 Ruffled Halston Spiral Dress in Royal Blue Silk designer-karl-lagerfeld hand screened silk chiffon flapper

hand screened silk chiffon flapper dress

The top has a fully opening painted metal zipper on one side and is lined in a layer of black silk chiffon

It closes low at the front and the seaming is predictive of what would go on to become a signature

An absolutely gorgeous Pucci dress with a sublime and chic color palette in soft caramels and cafe au lait mixed with chocolates

Tagged a vintage Pucci 10 but please check actual measurements as it these run far smaller then their modern size equivalent

1980-82 Ruffled Halston Spiral Dress in Royal Blue Silk designer-karl-lagerfeld hand screened silk chiffon flapperFor the Resort 1980 show Halston debuted the ruffle. In the book "Halston, An American Original" It is noted that " this was somewhat of a departure for him, but one that offered him an engineering challenge". Others were doing the ruffle and Halston was "determined to find a way to do it better". By 1980 ruffles were shown in their full glory and WWD even nicknamed Halston "Mr. Ruffle". Ruffles were everywhere between that collection and 1982 and