1971 Halston Couture Royal Blue Liquid Silk Bias Cut Caftan Maxi Dress designer-isabelle-allard Its zips up the front

Its zips up the front and has side slits on each side and deep hidden pockets

On my mannequin the neckline would only sit higher up but you could easily wear this fully down on each shoulder to leave then bare

Halston personally chose the fabrics and materials that were used for each piece of his main line collections

Just when it seemed like that feeling was virtually extinct

1971 Halston Couture Royal Blue Liquid Silk Bias Cut Caftan Maxi Dress designer-isabelle-allard Its zips up the frontThis amazing blue silk Halston dress is a beautiful example of his earlier work. Halston was a master at combining function and ease but without sacrificing glamour. He did this with the very minimum of seaming. His pieces that were bias cut, like this one, seem to almost be shapeless and not very exciting when you see them on the hanger. But, once you slip them on, they drape and settle into place the way they were intended and the transformation is