prom dress black and gold Gold-Trimmed Long Dress: Ladivine CM358 Black / 2 Primavera Couture Style Number Sparkly Gold Sequin Black Lining

Statement open-back design with a clean front

A wide belt at the natural waist seam adds visual definition on A-line shift variants with less prominent waist seaming

The affordably-priced pieces were an instant hit and mostly sold out on the first day to the surprise of both H&M and Lagerfeld himself

It's one thing to see the dress worn on a model online but another to actually see it in person

The fashion of the 1990s and, more recently, the early aughts has become trendy once again, and not even A-listers are immune

I covered the scratchy bit of the invisible zip to prevent my tights from being snagged, and I went back to the edges of the bodice that were impossible to understitch fully and prickstitched the lining to the seam allowances inside