S/S 1976 Halston Demi-Couture Bias Cut Yellow Silk Dress Guest Editor Anita Clarke! Wonderful black silk taffeta halter

Wonderful black silk taffeta halter gown brings visions of days when women swept into rooms

Reference photos: (1) Yves Saint Laurent S/S 1978 Haute Couture Runway

It has that perfect understated

Where it hooks over on the one side it closes with the prettiest enamel flower button

The coat is also unlined with beautifully finished inside seams and buttons at the front

S/S 1976 Halston Demi-Couture Bias Cut Yellow Silk Dress Guest Editor Anita Clarke! Wonderful black silk taffeta halterEveryone knows Halston for his gowns but he also did these fabulous little day dresses with the same love of minimal seaming and bias cut mastery. Once you discover them it's hard to go back. This particular one is exceptional and is documented as well which is always a treat. Stripes ruled the runway for his spring 1976 collection and it was in this collection, and the following few, where you actually saw some prints worked in. Normally Halston's