82.3.1

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YSL+Halston_36 76.69.8 (red dress), 82.3.1 (orange caftan), 92.109.4 (satin dress)

YSL+Halston_35 Left to right 82.3.1 (orange caftan), 92.109.4 (satin dress), 82.3.9 (dress and stole), 80.128.4 (red dress)

YSL+Halston_31 Left to right 96.119.11 (red jacket and pants), 86.126.11 (jumpsuit), 91.241.11 (brown tie dye ensemble), 76.69.8 (red dress), 82.3.1 (orange caftan), 92.109.4 (satin dress), 82.3.9 (dress and stole), 80.128.4 (red dress), 88.81.1 (black dress), P88.1.1 (beaded dress), 88.178.1 (gold pantsuit), 92.222.7 (green dress), 93.98.1 (hat), 2006.35.2 (dress), 86.126.13C (black pants), 88.73.1 (printed silk ensemble)

Object: Evening caftan

Designer: Halston (1932 - 1990)

Date: c. 1977

Medium: Nylon marquisette, glass bugle beads, and beige silk

Country: USA

Credit Line: Gift of Frederick Supper

Object number: 82.3.1

DescriptionGown: red bugle beaded nylon marquisette; floor length; self piped jewel neckline; long dolman sleeve variation; no shoulder seam; front and back bias, but in one; center back neckline hook and eye closing. Coordinating underslip; beige silk georgette; Hollywood neckline with spaghetti straps; fitted to waist with slight A-line floor length skirt; sideseam bust darts; three layers; left sideseam snap closing

Label Text:Halston did much to advance great dressmaking using simple, rectilinear pattern pieces. This red beaded, silk caftan, which began as a long, parallelogram-shaped piece of fabric, was folded in half along the bias, forming the shoulder and neckline, and then folded again and stitched in a straight seam, front and back, to form a kind of envelope. This dress exemplifies how Halston adhered to his minimalist aesthetic, no matter how complicated the pattern.

Exhibitions:

Yves Saint Laurent + Halston: Fashioning the 70s
Glamour: Fashion, Film, Fantasy
American Beauty
RED