1980s Early Azzedine Alaia Dress & Jacket Purple Set designer-fred-perlberg Balenciaga feeling silk 1950s cocktail

Balenciaga feeling silk 1950s cocktail dress

The rhinestones are glass so the dress has a good weight to it but when on

this definitely would have been by a major name

The main dress closes a series of silk covered buttons down the back and hook & eye at the back neck

1980s Early Azzedine Alaia Dress & Jacket Purple Set designer-fred-perlberg Balenciaga feeling silk 1950s cocktailIn some of his earlier collections Azzedine did show more color and this is a great example of that. Both pieces are made from a fine and slinky knit with a polished sheen finish that has been dyed the perfect shade of purple. The inner dress is a simple affair that follows the curve of your body but has a more skimming clinginess rather then his later body hugging bandage knits. It has a high neck and no sleeves. I love the cut of the shoulder its