Ultra Rare 1976 Halston Iconic Front Tying Easy to Wear Column Dress in a Bias Cut Chocolate Brown Terry Cloth z-archive-lorisazzaro Karl said at the time

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

/  (7) From the book “Alexander McQueen” edited by Claire Wilcox

Padding in each shoulder It looks to have been worn very little if at all

This haute couture look was then translated into silk taffeta gowns for the Rive Gauche label and the second photo is a similar gown from that collection as shown in L'Officiel in 1973

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

Ultra Rare 1976 Halston Iconic Front Tying Easy to Wear Column Dress in a Bias Cut Chocolate Brown Terry Cloth z-archive-lorisazzaro Karl said at the timeThe 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