1978 Halston Resort Swimwear Red Floral Jersey Halter Dress designer-rudi-gernreich The lace that covers the

The lace that covers the dress is spectular and I love that is has been layered over two semi-transparent layers of black and an inner nude - this gives the lace more depth and allows the pattern to really show despite its dark color

This piece predates his work for Norell and is from one of his earlier collections

Killer and in excellent condition

They are always done in those perfect crisp cottons one only finds from this time period

1978 Halston Resort Swimwear Red Floral Jersey Halter Dress designer-rudi-gernreich The lace that covers theThis dress is wonderful and I was lucky enough to be able to document it by the print to the 1978 resort collection. Halston did do swimwear collections for his clients and this was a dress that was a part of that same line as it is made from a jersey that is much like a swimsuit fabric. The print is bold and beautiful and the same print used on the swimsuit and sarong in the Vogue editorial shot that I found from that same year. The top is cut halter