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Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress
Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress

Rare Halston 1976 Couture One Shoulder Gold Metallic Lame Sarong Dress

The Shrimpton Couture Archives

  • The twin of this dress has appeared in several museum exhibits of his work and Carmen Kass wore one on the red carpet. Barbra Walters was also photoed wearing a version in 1977 and that photo is now in one of the books on his work.
  • Made under the creative direction of Roy Halston.
  • This is classic Halston from his main label couture line. It is one of the most instantly recognizable looks that he ever created.  
  • This is an amazing couture Halston dress and a very rare and special find.
  • It is entirely cut on the bias and utilizes his signature minimal seaming. Halston defined how woman dressed in the 1970s and these one shoulder dresses in particular were tremendously flattering to the body.
  • It is feather light and you are barely conscious of wearing anything.
  • The fabric is a very fine, light gold silk lame that moves and drapes beautifully.
  • The dress is suspended by one hook at the shoulder and then you wrap and tie the outer layer over that to tie it into place over the hook.
  • An elastic band inside hooks around your waist so that it sits just perfectly. The wrapping of the dress creates a high slit up the side for your leg to show.
  • The entire dress falls from that single shoulder, cascading loosely down for the ultimate Grecian goddess feel. It is spectacular.
  • This is a rare example of Halston at his very best and it is easy to see why it is a piece favoured by Museums.
  • Constructed from a single bias cut layer of the metallic fabric. The dress slips on with an elastic that wraps and hooks around the waist. It hooks at the top of the shoulder and then wraps and ties on the top of that shoulder. There is an inner hook that brings the inner bodice part up and in place. Hand finished throughout. 
  • It is all bias cut which should allow for a larger range of sizing.
  • Excellent condition

Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: open with the elastic inside stretching to about 36" 
Hips: no true defined seams because of the wrap
Length: 63" from shoulder to very longest point on the hem but may come up a bit on once on 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-LRG

Reference Photos: (1) 1976 Halston Original Gold Lamé Sarong from the Halston Retrospective at Nassau County Museum of Art.  /  (2) Halston Dress at the Studio 54 Exhibition at the Brooklyn Art Museum.  /  (3) Carmen Kass in Halston at "The Michael Awards", November 2000.  /  (4) Barbara Walters in Halston, accompanied by Alan Greenspan, December 1977. From the book "Halston: An American Original".

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