• The dress is from 1977 and was most likely a made to order custom or bridal piece.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roy Halston
  
• When researching we found the examples shared here that are almost identical to this dress but without the extra added panels that create the spiralling ruffles.
• This is a beautiful ivory dress that showcases the minimal seaming that Halston was so famous for.
• The dress is made of a heavier weighted silk charmeuse that is cut like the reference photos show through the body but with added panels and seams that go around and cascade down the lower skirting.
• It is completely cut on the bias so it drapes phenomenally over the body. You simply slip it over your head and it drapes over you to accommodate the body underneath. This makes it easy to fit and very easy to wear.
• The sleeves are long and extend out directly from the body of the dress with no seaming around the arm. Each narrows to its cuff where there is a handmade silk covered button and loop.
• The neckline is cut wide across the neckline and has a subtle draping at the centre of the neck at both the front and back of the dress. It is a very pretty detail.
• It glides over the body skimming over the bust, waist and hips to the floor. The vertical ruffles are set on an angle so that they cascade down to the hem. When you move these swirl around the lower part of the dress and create gorgeous movement around you.
• Working with this fabric is incredibly difficult and it is a testament to his skill to create such a seemingly simple but complex pattern.
• The dress is fully lined in a second layer of the same fabric which adds to the technically difficultly of the pattern and rich feel of the silk. It has no closures and slips on to wear. Each cuff has a silk covered button and loop to close.
• There is no size tag and the bias cut will allow it to have it some give. Please go by the range of measurements listed below. The colour is slightly more ivory in person. I see some minor marks and scuffing here and there on the silk of the bottom ruffles. I shot one so that you can see. It is very minor but mentioned for accuracy. The length may come up once on because of the bias cut.
• Excellent condition.

Sleeves: approx 23.5" and are 16" around the upper arm
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: 18-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: approx 62" from top of shoulder to hem. 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5201

Reference Photos: (1) Spring 1977 Halston.  /  (2) Fall 1977 Halston.  /  (3) From the book "Halston: An American Original"

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• This is an ultra rare original Halston from his main label. While this dress was eventually the inspiration behind the pieces that were recreated in a less expensive jersey for his Halston IV line, this is an original as seen on the runway. It is one of the pieces that would have inspired all of the other ones created in the diffusion lines.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roy Halston.
• In 2016 the twin of this dress entered modern day fashion history when Kate Moss wore its twin on the red carpet at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. 
• We have had Martha Hunt wear a white one version that she sourced from us to Cannes. She landed on several Best Dressed lists as a result. 
• Ones from the main label like this would have been a custom order by a Client during this time period.
• I am always on the look out for this style of dress by Halston. It is perhaps the most iconic of all of the Halston silhouettes.
• There is a certain sexiness caused by the illusion of having the entire dress suspended by one shoulder. It gives the sense that the entire dress could drop in a puddle around you.
• It is constructed from two separate layers. This is also where this one differs from the more common diffusion line. Pieces from the Halston IV line have one panel of fabric that wrap around and extends out to create the draping. On this one there is a separate draping panel that is attached all the way around the neckline and then falls over the inner part.
• The inner dress is cut to skim over the body in a long sheath that widens out as it nears the hem. Here again we see a slight difference in the design. On this dress there is no slit running up the side seam. You can see in the runway photo that ones were created with a slit and from what I understand it was the choice of the client to have that added or not.
• A draped panel of the same fabric is attached all the way around the neckline and then is gathered up in a series of folds at the top of the shoulder. This allows for an incredible amount of fabric to fall from that shoulder and from around the neck. The jersey drapes down over the front and the back of the dress with one side of the draping completely opened down the length of the dress. The gathering on the shoulder causes that side to curve up a touch from the hem while the rest of the jersey cascades loosely down and over the body. 
• I love that the edges were finished by machine but then they have been turned under and tacked into place by hand all the way around the top draping so that it lies perfectly. This would have added countless hours to the construction of the dress and shows the level of detail that lies within his pieces. The simplicity of his work hides and extreme attention to every single stitch in line.
• This is an iconic and rare original dress by Halston.
• The dress slips on to wear with no closures. It should fit a variety of sizes since it is not cut to be super fitted and the jersey does have some stretch. It looks to have been worn very little if at all.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hip: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 57" from top of shoulder to longest point of hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5297

Reference Photo: (1) Summer 1977 Halston.  /  (2-3) Kate Moss in Vintage Halston at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.  /  (4) Karen Bjornsen, Alva Chinn, Connie Cook and Pat Cleveland in Halston Dresses, photographed by by Harry Benson, 1978. / (5) Martha Hunt wearing a white version from us in Cannes, 2019.  /  (6) Martha Hunt on Harper's Bazaar Australia Best Dressed List. /  (7) Halston Form Fit Ad, Vogue, October 1980.

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• This set is from a late 1970s YSL collection most likely 1979 or 1977
• It was made under the creative direction of Yves Saint Laurent.
  
• Both pieces are made out of a feather light silk in a very unusual muted turquoise that has a gorgeous muted quality to it. The photos are very close to the colour. It is perhaps a touch more pastel in person.
• The neckline of the top is set wide across so you can wear it off of the shoulder for a bare expanse of skin to show. A wide 6" ruffle follows the entire neckline and gives the prettiest flounce all the way around you. At the front the ruffle has been gathered so that it narrows in by a matching band of fabric that slips through an open loop along the seam. I love the added detail that this adds.
• Under that top ruffle there is a second ruffle sitting directly underneath it with stiffening added to its edge to add support. Set under that is another 5" wide ruffle that circles around each arm. These also have a little half ruffle with stiffened edging underneath for added support. The final effect is that of an gorgeous double ruffle set just under each shoulder and it is phenomenal.
• The top is cut wide and generous in a very boxy shape. This width through the body makes it easy to fit and it also is what gives it some volume once it is tucked into the skirt. 
• The skirt is a YSL masterpiece and a phenomenal example of the skirts that he was doing during this time period.
• The waist is banded and comes with a matching silk tie belt that you can cinch in the waist as much as needed. This tie is incredibly long and you can tie it in a bow wherever you wish. I love how it picks up on the bow of the top.
• Tiny gathered pleats are set in all the way around the waist and then the skirt falls under that into beautiful tiers. At the point just past the hips, the lower skirt is set into the top of the skirt with a ruffled seam that circles all the way around you. Built in behind that on the interior of the skirt is a wide band of stiffening that helps to hold the shape and volume. At the hem there is a panel of the same silk that has been tightly gathered into a wide ruffle. All of this perfectly ties in with the ruffles around the shoulder of the top. 
• The skirt is incredibly full but still light in feel because of the lightness of the fabric. If you were to lay this out and open the skirt out, it is more than a full circle around. That volume combined with the lightness of the fabric gives you incredible movement when you move.
  
• This is an absolutely stunning example of his work during this time period and one of my favourite pieces I have ever had by him.
• It is exceptionally rare to find a full set in such a iconic YSL design and in this condition.
• Both pieces are unlined. The top slips over the head to wear and the skirt zips to close with a side set zipper and two flat hook and eye at the waist. The tie belt is original to the dress.
• Both pieces are tagged a vintage YSL 40.
• Excellent condition

Top
The arm opening is 14.5" around
Shoulders: the opening is 32.5" around
Bust-bottom seam: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 19.5" from top of bodice to hem

Skirt
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 43.5" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5293

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• This is a very pretty late 1970s, early 1980s dress from the Richeline label.
• The Richilene label was launched around 1970 and lasted to about 1990 or so. It was a New York based label and was designed by Ilene Pacun and her husband Richard. The name came by combining their two first names.
• They focused on party dresses for the most part and had a pretty wide range of options price wise. By the mid-1980s their prices ranged from about $200-$2000 and the higher end pieces were very well made.
• This dress combines a soft pastel turquoise and pink floral print with the top and sleeves being done in a silk chiffon and the skirt made out of a silk in the same print.
• The shoulders are soft and the front and the back of the top have a wide scoop that goes almost to the edges of the shoulder.
• The sleeves are incredible. Each is exceptionally wide by the time it reaches the cuffs. They are finished in a beautiful balloon cut. They are cut extra long but once they are closed around the wrist they simply puff out above your hands in the most beautiful way.
• The bodice skims over the bust to a seamed waist for shape. We have added a little turquoise grosgrain ribbon that will be sent with the dress. Inside it is lined in a nude silk chiffon for the upper bodice and shoulders with the rest backed in a blue silk so that it is opaque.
• From there the skirt curves in a very full and open shape over the hips and continues to expand outwards to the floor. There is an immense amount of fabric used in the skirt. It has been gathered in wide soft pleats all the way around the waist and this is what helps to give it its fullness. When you move it moves beautifully around you.
• The dress is fully lined in a blue silk through the bodice as described above and the sleeves are unlined. The skirt has an attached cotton-mix matching blue lining. It closes with a back zipper and there is a hidden snap on each wrist. 
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approximately 26" and are full and open around the upper arm
Shoulders: approximately 14-15"
Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 55.5" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5292

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• This dress is from the Spring 1971 collection and we found a reference photo from the 1971 collection that utilized the same type of beading
• It was made under the creative direction of Loris Azzaro.
• Azzaro launched his label in 1967 and quickly defined his trademark looks by using ornate beading, sequins, daring cut-outs and avant garde ways of defining the body. Some of the most beautiful women in the world wore his clothing including Marisa Berenson, Raquel Welch, Jane Birkin, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot and Tina Turner. It was a label that defined sexiness and had a certain French flare that women world-wide loved.
• By the seventies and eighties he was experimenting with volume and proportions and new fabrics that at the time were all cutting edge. This is a stunning example of his work during this period.
• The dress is made out of a deep turquoise silk jersey that glides over your curves and is very flattering.
• The neckline plunges in a V at the front and then it has elaborate border with a thick application of beads, sequins and paillettes. These start at the back  of the neck and wrap around to follow the plunge at the front. From there it expands into a wide panel that ends in a almost medallion feeling embellishment that sits at the waist. The beads are densely applied to sit up and off the dress and it is quite incredible to see.
• The sleeves are long and each one expands on a curve to pouf out just above the cuff. Each cuff has the same incredible beaded detailing that you see at the front.
• The deep turquoise silk jersey glides over the bust and comes in at the waist for shape. 
• The skirt falls under that, skimming over the hips and then widening out to fall beautifully to the floor.
• It is the perfect combination of feeling covered yet sexy and the dress is incredibly easy and comfortable to wear.
• Unlined and the dress closes with a hand set back set zipper. Each cuff snaps to close. I see a light bit of colour change to the fabric here and there. It is something that you noticed only when looking really close at the dress and it presents perfectly once on the body. It is there however, and it is priced accordingly. Please see the photos after the label shot for examples. The jersey does have some stretch and the measurements below are the comfortable range when laying flat. The colour is a touch brighter turquoise then how it photoed. Hand finishes throughout.
• There is no size tag present, so please go by the measurements below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 26" and are 10-11" around the upper arm with some stretch 
Shoulders: approx 14-15" 
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from top of the shoulder to hem with 1.5" turned under

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5291

Reference Photo: Michèle Morgan in Azzaro at his workshop, April 1971.

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• A printed version of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 1974 collection
• The dress made under the creative direction of Ossie Clark 
  
• This is one of his most iconic and collectible designs and it is easy to wear as well. I love that we have reference photos. You can see how gorgeous this sits once on the body.I love that we have reference photos. You can see how gorgeous this sits once on the body. I also highly appreciate the models styling and runway 'attitude' as it does fully capture Osse's viewpoint.
• The dress is made out of his signature moss crepe in a beautiful clear red that is flattering on most skin tones. It is very sexy and instantly recognizable as being an Ossie Clark piece.
• The front is cut in a low plunge that meets the waist. At the waist of the plunge is a little gap so you have a bit of a squared off feeling rather than the typical V. Because of the way it is cut and the angle the front is cut on, it is surprisingly secure once on the body and stays in place very well without exposing you despite that low plunge. A curved shoulder yolk wrapped over the shoulder and extends into the back. The fabric at the front between the seam under the bust seam and those shoulder yokes are gathered vertically for added pretty detail.
  
• The sleeves are phenomenal. Each is a cut very wide and are gathered around the shoulder yolk, giving the illusion that they extend directly out from the front and back. Their width gives them an almost caped feel as they flow over the upper arm.
• The bust skims over you and then comes along a upward curving scene that ends at the base of the plunge. This talks and insert that gives you some definition around the waist and then cursed down the centre front of the skirt. It is all shaped to give you an hourglass feel with no harsh lines to break the eye and line of the dress.
• The skirt curves back out and over the hips where it widens out to be quite by the time it reaches the hem. There are yards of beautiful, moss crepe in its construction. An extra panel of fabric is set along the front horizontal seam just below the hip. This adds even more fabric and gives the dress beautiful movement when you move.
• When you stand still it falls in a beautiful column of moss crepe but when you move you really get a sense of the fullness and the amount of fabric in a skirt
• The dress is unlined and made out of a red moss crepe. It closes with a low back zipper with a keyhole slit between the seam of the shoulder yolk and where the zipper starts. Someone has added two snaps to hold the keyhole closed. I have left them, but they could easily be removed, or left undone, if you wanted it to be more open.
  
• Tagged a vintage Ossie UK12
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 11.5" and are full and open
Slightly extended shoulders: approx 16"
Bust: 16.5-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam 
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 12" from top of shoulder to seem under the bust
Total length: 61" from waist to front hem, 62.5" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5279

Reference Photos: Fall 1974 Ossie Clark.

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