1980-82 Peach Silk Organza Ruffled Halston Spiral Gown designer-bill-tice This is a very sweet

This is a very sweet maxi dress that heavily utilizes and references back to the Victorian era that Fratini so loved and often used in her designs

It is almost architectural in is strict cut and immaculate seaming & construction

Item# DD2498

Bust: stretches 14-17" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

1980-82 Peach Silk Organza Ruffled Halston Spiral Gown designer-bill-tice This is a very sweetFor 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