Resort 1980 Halston Abstract Print Blue Silk Wrap Day Dress designer-antony-price Item# S565

Item# S565

Good condition with small notes below

It is made from a printed silk jersey in muted soft purple tones done in a chevron print set in rows over the surface of the dress

The neck is high and the bodice skims over the torso with slim cut sleeves

Each pocket on the jacket is still tacked shut

Resort 1980 Halston Abstract Print Blue Silk Wrap Day Dress designer-antony-price Item# S565The Resort and Spring 1980 collections were some of the few that Halston worked some 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 photograph and you can see the similar print done on a long silk tank dress. This shorter, day version still employs the minimal seaming that Halston excelled at but is finished in his iconic wrap cut. The photo is from a