1980-82 Peach Silk Organza Ruffled Halston Spiral Gown designer-bill-tice April 1985

April 1985

1970s Valentino sunnies in light blue frame

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

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

1980-82 Peach Silk Organza Ruffled Halston Spiral Gown designer-bill-tice April 1985For 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