Halston Fall 1980 Black Chiffon Beaded Firework Dress designer-fendi This particular dress has the

This particular dress has the added provenance that its twin was worn by Nancy Reagan on two separate occasions

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This dress gets the full on feminine treatment though - the entire front bodice is corded to create leaves and stems and then a virtual flower garden of little embroidered flower heads are stitched into place giving it a 3D appearance

Here we have a beautiful embroidered muslin that appears to be all hand work

The dress skims over the bust and then curves in at the waist

Halston Fall 1980 Black Chiffon Beaded Firework Dress designer-fendi This particular dress has theThe Shrimpton Couture Archives Reference Photo: (1) Fall 1980 Halston Runway. (2 4) Fall 1980 Halston Ready to Wear Advance Preview.