1971 Halston Couture Royal Blue Liquid Silk Bias Cut Caftan Maxi Dress designer-emma-domb It skims past the waist

It skims past the waist and over the hips where it opens into a fuller skirt that still manages to seem sleek and sluptural

but very minor

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The skirt is extremely full and the photos do not do the amount of fabric in it justice

The fabric itself is a 3D feeling combination of lace and black silk ribbon set into intricate designs over the lace netted base

1971 Halston Couture Royal Blue Liquid Silk Bias Cut Caftan Maxi Dress designer-emma-domb It skims past the waistThis amazing blue silk Halston dress is a beautiful example of his earlier work. Halston was a master at combining function and ease but without sacrificing glamour. He did this with the very minimum of seaming. His pieces that were bias cut, like this one, seem to almost be shapeless and not very exciting when you see them on the hanger. But, once you slip them on, they drape and settle into place the way they were intended and the transformation is