Spring 1981 Halston Three Piece Silk Top Pant & Jacket Set w Purple Colour Block Print designer-jean-louis-scherrer This is of course what

This is of course what he was known for - his cleverly screened dresses gave the appearance of chic dinner suits

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The dress skims over the body with vertical seaming all around for each panel that the dress is made up of

The stripes have been laid out in different directions and there are also panels worked into the skirt that are set on a curve

Spring 1981 Halston Three Piece Silk Top Pant & Jacket Set w Purple Colour Block Print designer-jean-louis-scherrer This is of course whatThe Resort and Spring 1977 collections were some of the few that Halston worked prints into the collections. He normally focused on a solid color palette and I love seeing this side of his work. I found a runway reference of a piece from the Resort collection that season that has a similar print and a page from the Halston book that shows some of the variations of this print that he used for this collection. It is such an easy to wear set and feels