This is an incredible and very rare set by Halston from his main line. The top part of the set is very similar in feel to the one worn in the famous 1978 image of his 'Halstonettes' taken in the Halston offices. The 1978 collections featured many piece that were made from this same feather light metallic lurex in a variety of colours. I love the rich purple metallic feel of this set. 

Both the bandeau and the skirt are made from a very fine light weight metallic knit lurex. The colour is a stunning deep royal purple. I love how the fabric has that touch of a metallic feel to it and how it runs over the entire surface so the whole set has a subtle glitz to it. Both piece are very light in weight and the fabric has a touch of transparency to it. The top is a simple bandeau. It is gathered and ruched down each side. The zipper is hidden along one side and the other side has boning. You can wear the gathers at the side as I have photoed it here or wear the gathers down the centre at front and back. It is lined in a nude stretch jersey for a little support and coverage. Once it is on you have some flexibility on how much skin you want to show between the top and the skirt. You can wear it more pushed up and gathered to really show off a band of bare skin underneath, or pull the fabric down to meet the waist of the skirt. I photoed the majority of these with it worn more pushed up but also shot one for you with it worn down more. The skirt is gorgeous. It is made up of three layers of the fabric and it is so light in weight that even with those three layers it has no bulk when you are standing still. The moment you move you realize just how much fabric is actually there. If you were to lie it out flat it is a full circle skirt and that means that when you move it moves with you and flows around you beautifully. The layers act as the lining and this gives the skirt just enough opaqueness to be able to wear on its own though you still get just a hint of transparency in certain lights. It is amazing. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition.

The top is lined in a nude stretch lingerie jersey. It has an inner waist stay that hooks to close. It zips at the back and has boning built in along the side there and also at the front down the middle. The skirt is made up of three layers of the purple fabric. It hooks to close at the waist and snaps under that.

Top
Bust: 17.5" flat across the top from side seam to side seam
Inner waist stay: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Height: the boning at the side is 9" and the fabric between is adjustable

Skirt
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Length: 29" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD3354

Reference Photos: (1) Alva Chinn, Halston and Chris Royer at Olympic Tower, September 1978. From the Book 'Halston' by Phaidon.  /  (2) Model in Halston, 1978. From the book 'Halston An American Original'.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

The twin of this top in green was featured in the November issue of Vogue magazine. The 1984 collection was especially intricate and the majority of the runway garments were heavily beaded and/or sequinned. This top is from that collection and is one of the heaviest, most densely beaded and sequined pieces I have ever had from him in the shop.

This top is so good in person and has a heavy tactile feel to it that the photos cannot convey. It is gorgeous. The base fabric is a black silk crepe chiffon. Onto this is a dense application of deep pink sequins, silver sequins and silver glass tube beads. These have all been hand applied and individually placed in that curving design that you see. They completely cover the top with not a single inch left uncovered. Parts of the design that follow the silver curving parts have a fringe detailing made out of the tube beads. These add an amazing movement to the top when you move. The top itself is cut loose and easy with a wide boat neck, dolman sleeves and an easy cut through the body. Each sleeve ends in a jagged finish that I love. Excellent condition.

Fully lined in a black silk crepe chiffon and slips on to wear. All the work is done by hand. The easy cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes and would work on a small frame too and just be oversized.

Sleeves: approx 25" approx.
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: approx 18" flat across but no true side seams due to the cut of the arm
Waist: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 23" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# S904

Reference Photo: Model in Halston, Vogue, November 1984.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

Ot was around 1973 that Halston really embraced sequins and started to showcase them regularly in his collections as his clients asked for more evening pieces from him. The sequin technique he used during this time period differed from later collections. In these earlier pieces the sequins were laid onto the silk underneath completely flat and were placed side by side to each other. This makes the fabric extremely fluid and flexible while giving it a glossy, liquid finish. I have included a reference photo of Liza Minelli wearing a panted version of this suit that year

The glossy black sequins on this suit have been hand placed and sewn onto a silk chiffon base. The technique used to place the sequins onto the fabric captures the light as much as possible so that it really has a high gloss feel. His sequin pieces are incredibly well done and despite their lightness in weight, there is still a solid underlying structure to them. This suit is cut to follow every curve. The skirt has a banded waist and a simple cut that flares out slightly as it nears the hem. The jacket is cut to follow the body and plunges low at the front. It corses over itself and hooks. There is also an inner elastic waist stay that wraps around you and hooks to hold it perfectly place. Excellent condition.

Both pieces are fully lined in black silk. The skirt closes with a zipper and flat hook & eye at the waist band. The jacket hooks to close with a combination of hook and eye. There is an inner elastic waist stay inside the jacket that hooks to close. Minor sequin loss around the hook to close the waist

Jacket
Sleeves: 14.5"
Shoulders: 23"
Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 25" from waist to hem

Skirt
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 22" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# S473

Reference Photo:  Liza Minnelli in Halston by David Bailey, The Sunday Times Magazine, July 1973.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

This is an incredible and very rare set by Halston from his main line. The top part of the set is very similar in feel to the one worn in the famous 1978 image of his 'Halstonettes' taken in the Halston offices. The 1978 collections featured many piece that were made from this same feather light metallic lurex in a variety of colours. I love the rich purple metallic feel of this set. 

Both the bandeau and the skirt are made from a very fine light weight metallic knit lurex. The colour is a stunning deep royal purple. I love how the fabric has that touch of a metallic feel to it and how it runs over the entire surface so the whole set has a subtle glitz to it. Both piece are very light in weight and the fabric has a touch of transparency to it. The top is a simple bandeau. It is gathered and ruched down each side. The zipper is hidden along one side and the other side has boning. You can wear the gathers at the side as I have photoed it here or wear the gathers down the centre at front and back. It is lined in a nude stretch jersey for a little support and coverage. Once it is on you have some flexibility on how much skin you want to show between the top and the skirt. You can wear it more pushed up and gathered to really show off a band of bare skin underneath, or pull the fabric down to meet the waist of the skirt. I photoed the majority of these with it worn more pushed up but also shot one for you with it worn down more. The skirt is gorgeous. It is made up of three layers of the fabric and it is so light in weight that even with those three layers it has no bulk when you are standing still. The moment you move you realize just how much fabric is actually there. If you were to lie it out flat it is a full circle skirt and that means that when you move it moves with you and flows around you beautifully. The layers act as the lining and this gives the skirt just enough opaqueness to be able to wear on its own though you still get just a hint of transparency in certain lights. It is amazing. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition.

The top is lined in a nude stretch lingerie jersey. It has an inner waist stay that hooks to close. It zips at the back and has boning built in along the side there and also at the front down the middle. The skirt is made up of three layers of the purple fabric. It hooks to close at the waist and snaps under that.

Top
Bust: 17.5" flat across the top from side seam to side seam
Inner waist stay: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Height: the boning at the side is 9" and the fabric between is adjustable

Skirt
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Length: 29" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD3354

Reference Photos: (1) Alva Chinn, Halston and Chris Royer at Olympic Tower, September 1978. From the Book 'Halston' by Phaidon.  /  (2) Model in Halston, 1978. From the book 'Halston An American Original'.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

The twin of this top in green was featured in the November issue of Vogue magazine. The 1984 collection was especially intricate and the majority of the runway garments were heavily beaded and/or sequinned. This top is from that collection and is one of the heaviest, most densely beaded and sequined pieces I have ever had from him in the shop.

This top is so good in person and has a heavy tactile feel to it that the photos cannot convey. It is gorgeous. The base fabric is a black silk crepe chiffon. Onto this is a dense application of deep pink sequins, silver sequins and silver glass tube beads. These have all been hand applied and individually placed in that curving design that you see. They completely cover the top with not a single inch left uncovered. Parts of the design that follow the silver curving parts have a fringe detailing made out of the tube beads. These add an amazing movement to the top when you move. The top itself is cut loose and easy with a wide boat neck, dolman sleeves and an easy cut through the body. Each sleeve ends in a jagged finish that I love. Excellent condition.

Fully lined in a black silk crepe chiffon and slips on to wear. All the work is done by hand. The easy cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes and would work on a small frame too and just be oversized.

Sleeves: approx 25" approx.
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: approx 18" flat across but no true side seams due to the cut of the arm
Waist: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 23" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# S904

Reference Photo: Model in Halston, Vogue, November 1984.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.

Ot was around 1973 that Halston really embraced sequins and started to showcase them regularly in his collections as his clients asked for more evening pieces from him. The sequin technique he used during this time period differed from later collections. In these earlier pieces the sequins were laid onto the silk underneath completely flat and were placed side by side to each other. This makes the fabric extremely fluid and flexible while giving it a glossy, liquid finish. I have included a reference photo of Liza Minelli wearing a panted version of this suit that year

The glossy black sequins on this suit have been hand placed and sewn onto a silk chiffon base. The technique used to place the sequins onto the fabric captures the light as much as possible so that it really has a high gloss feel. His sequin pieces are incredibly well done and despite their lightness in weight, there is still a solid underlying structure to them. This suit is cut to follow every curve. The skirt has a banded waist and a simple cut that flares out slightly as it nears the hem. The jacket is cut to follow the body and plunges low at the front. It corses over itself and hooks. There is also an inner elastic waist stay that wraps around you and hooks to hold it perfectly place. Excellent condition.

Both pieces are fully lined in black silk. The skirt closes with a zipper and flat hook & eye at the waist band. The jacket hooks to close with a combination of hook and eye. There is an inner elastic waist stay inside the jacket that hooks to close. Minor sequin loss around the hook to close the waist

Jacket
Sleeves: 14.5"
Shoulders: 23"
Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 25" from waist to hem

Skirt
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 22" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# S473

Reference Photo:  Liza Minnelli in Halston by David Bailey, The Sunday Times Magazine, July 1973.

This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival.