Rare 1978 Zandra Rhodes "Mexican Collections" Gown designer-halston I love the long skinny

I love the long skinny sleeves - it's the perfect balance to to the short hem line

stars and Baroque beauties cavort across it within medallions of vines and flowers

The ribbon is used to form little rosebuds that peek through the sequin work and look like his signature dot from a distance but have texture and visual interest when looked at closer

and made history when she became the first Japanese model to walk in the Paris collections

high up under the bust line

Rare 1978 Zandra Rhodes "Mexican Collections" Gown designer-halston I love the long skinnyInspired by a trip through Mexico, the pieces from this collection draw on the colors and impact that the Mexican lanscape and people made on Zandra. The "Mexican Collections" has gone on to be one of Zandra's most well documented seasons and examples are held in museums and private collections world wide. We have included a photo of the same dress in a different colorway from the Zandra Rhodes website where the dress is simply denoted by its original