1980-82 Ruffled Halston Spiral Dress in Royal Blue Silk designer-karl-lagerfeld Item# DD2355

Item# DD2355

It closes low at the front and the seaming is predictive of what would go on to become a signature

It manages to be sexy and yet feel a little bit innocent at the same time

I suspect that this is a very early piece from the collaboration and an excellent example of what was to come on terms of his later work

Its very pretty and has an almost "china doll" feel to it - like fine porcelain

1980-82 Ruffled Halston Spiral Dress in Royal Blue Silk designer-karl-lagerfeld Item# DD2355For the Resort 1980 show Halston debuted the ruffle. In the book "Halston, An American Original" It is noted that " this was somewhat of a departure for him, but one that offered him an engineering challenge". Others were doing the ruffle and Halston was "determined to find a way to do it better". By 1980 ruffles were shown in their full glory and WWD even nicknamed Halston "Mr. Ruffle". Ruffles were everywhere between that collection and 1982 and