Beautiful Resort 2020 Alexander McQueen by Sarah Burton Floral Printed Cotton Dress w Belt designer-etro even the top set pockets

even the top set pockets are lined in this silk

The shoulder especially is finished in an elaborate signature Gibb design and I love how the ties are a lime ling so you wrap them around the waist

You can see his future love of adding luxe details with the snakeskin trim at the neckline of this piece

October 1957

Shoulders: 15" and the padding extends another 1/2" beyond that

Beautiful Resort 2020 Alexander McQueen by Sarah Burton Floral Printed Cotton Dress w Belt designer-etro even the top set pocketsThe twin of this dress was shown for Look 23 for the Resort 2020 presentation. The entire collection was an explosion of flowers and Vogue explained that "Many of the floral illustrations in print or embroidered in stitch and pin on satin evening dresses and tailoring were drawn from life in the enormous 19th century glasshouses at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew in London. The subjects of these drawings were specifically flowers in danger of