Spring 2006 Bill Blass by Michael Vollbracht Runway Gold & Pale Lavender Halter Dress Blacks The dress is completely cut

The dress is completely cut on the bias

It also adds some structure to help hold the volume of the dress

They are tightly spaced and hand applied to circle the collar and plunge straight down the front in a 2" wide column of sparkles

tiny little beads to add dimension and gold tube beads that form little leafs around the flowers

The skirt is a masterpieces - it is deliberately and meticulously shaped and draped with wide pleats of fabric

Spring 2006 Bill Blass by Michael Vollbracht Runway Gold & Pale Lavender Halter Dress Blacks The dress is completely cutAfter the death of Bill Blass in 2003 the house originally hired successor Lars Nilsson and then abruptly let him go to replace him with Michael Vollbracht. Michael was still going strong by Spring 2006, which is the collection that this dress is from. Its twin walked the runway for Look 30 that season and I love that you can see how pretty this dress is on and walking. The dress is so pretty. It is made out of a pale chiffon that is dusky lavender