1980-82 Ruffled Halston Spiral Dress in Royal Blue Silk designer-karl-lagerfeld Its very pretty and has

Its very pretty and has an almost "china doll" feel to it - like fine porcelain

An absolutely gorgeous Pucci dress with a sublime and chic color palette in soft caramels and cafe au lait mixed with chocolates

It manages to be sexy and yet feel a little bit innocent at the same time

It closes low at the front and the seaming is predictive of what would go on to become a signature

I suspect that this is a very early piece from the collaboration and an excellent example of what was to come on terms of his later work

1980-82 Ruffled Halston Spiral Dress in Royal Blue Silk designer-karl-lagerfeld Its very pretty and hasFor 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