Documented Fall 2001 Azzedine Alaia Couture Runway Dress in Ivory designer-claude-montana This dress is made from

This dress is made from a combination of a inky black velvet through the body with a gold flowers in a black silk chiffon adoring the sleeves and skirt

It is made of a washable poly jersey in black with a custom hand painted design in gold stenciled on its surface that highlights the lines and cut of the dress

Very fine work and very light weight to wear yet feels like a piece that has substance to it at the same time

The gown is suspended by a mere 3 and a half inch band of black silk velvet

Length: 36" from top of front bodice to hem

Documented Fall 2001 Azzedine Alaia Couture Runway Dress in Ivory designer-claude-montana This dress is made fromThe black version of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 2001 Couture show and I have had a black one in the shop but never the ivory until now. Versions of this piece have been a constant throughout Alaia's history and similar gowns featured prominently both in the Alaia exhibit at the Groninger Museum and accompanying book 'Alaia Azzedine Alaia in the 21st Century,'. This long and sexy silhouette is perhaps one of the most iconic of all the