Gorgeous 1980s Valentino Haute Couture Black & Ivory Silk Print Plunging Halter Dress designer-ted-lapidus Morton Myles shot to fame

Morton Myles shot to fame when Jacqueline Kennedy appeared on the cover of Look magazine wearing a blue sleeveless linen dress

The stiffening net that is used in the inner most hem has broken strands and is torn in places but it is only the netting and not the fabric it is attached to

This piece predates his work for Norell and is from one of his earlier collections

The neck is high and the sleeves are cut quite wide with a pretty ruffled finish

The top skims over the bust and has little gathers and pointed seam work just under the bust to emphasize

Gorgeous 1980s Valentino Haute Couture Black & Ivory Silk Print Plunging Halter Dress designer-ted-lapidus Morton Myles shot to fameThis is a gorgeous Valentino Haute Couture dress from the early to mid 1980s. It is beautifully made and a wonderful example of Valentino's Haute Couture work that he was doing during this time period. I love this backless version with its low front plunge. It is a little sexier then some of his couture work tends so be but it still has that refined elegance that you would expect from him combined with a bit of pure drama created in that moment when