Avant Garde Fall 2010 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Runway Look 22 Exceptionally Long Burgundy Knit Jersey Dress designer-donald-brooks inside the dress at the

inside the dress at the waist area

The gown itself is simple and perfect - a boned strapless bodice tops a flowing silk skirt that flows to the floor

The waist and cuffs have elastic

A pretty gold cord is worked around the edge and through the band to complement the design and little sequins dance across the band in swirls

Avant Garde Fall 2010 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Runway Look 22 Exceptionally Long Burgundy Knit Jersey Dress designer-donald-brooks inside the dress at theThe twin of this dress walk the runway as Look 22 and I love that this lets you see the dress on a body. In Vogue's review of the collection they proclaimed that "For Fall, he (Alber), walked a knife edge, balanced between rigorously architectural urban simplicity and explosively fierce embellishment". Before his show, Elbaz reeled off the loops he'd put himself through to get there "Women ask for masculine tailoring, but they want to feel fragile.