Spring 1981 Halston Three Piece Silk Top Pant & Jacket Set w Purple Colour Block Print designer-oleg-cassini A decorative row of buttons

A decorative row of buttons runs down the front for added detailing

These are the rarest of all to find

It has a Sari like feel to it and I love that about it - it makes it feel slightly exotic and mysterious

Kloss was genius at choosing extremely high quality nylons that held the colour well and would drape exactly as he wished

The upper bodice is cut slightly full and the waist just an inch higher then normal

Spring 1981 Halston Three Piece Silk Top Pant & Jacket Set w Purple Colour Block Print designer-oleg-cassini A decorative row of buttonsThe Resort and Spring 1977 collections were some of the few that Halston worked prints into the collections. He normally focused on a solid color palette and I love seeing this side of his work. I found a runway reference of a piece from the Resort collection that season that has a similar print and a page from the Halston book that shows some of the variations of this print that he used for this collection. It is such an easy to wear set and feels