By Halston, Roy Halston Frowick
Located in Kingston, NY
A Halston evening gown from the designer’s defining chiffon period, when he was cutting silk on the bias into single, seamless lines that moved with the body rather than against it. Rendered in a soft nude-blush silk chiffon, the gown is sheer and weightless, with a deep V neckline at both the front and back and a curved, asymmetric tulip hem that opens into a center-front slit.
The construction is quintessential Halston: no closures to interrupt the line, no ornament to distract from the cut itself. This is the silhouette that made his name at Studio 54 and on the arms of Liza Minnelli, Bianca Jagger, and Elizabeth Taylor — a gown built to disappear into movement. Labeled Halston at the center back neckline.
As with all silk chiffon of this age, the piece should be handled and cleaned by a specialist familiar with vintage silk. A rare surviving example of Halston’s 1970s ready-to-wear chiffon output at a moment when bias-cut sheer evening wear defined American fashion.
*Halston, Halston vintage, 1970s Halston, silk chiffon gown, bias cut dress, Studio 54 dress...
Category
1970s American Manhattan - Clothing