c1973 Halston Red 100% Cashmere Evening Dress designer-lanvin You can see in this

You can see in this piece how he was working towards that

Victor Costa was particularly great at taking high end designs and making versions that were more affordable but still of a really good quality

Length: 65" from neck to hem

Pieces like this are why woman get addicted to vintage

you can easily style this with a belt and even play with the length once belted

c1973 Halston Red 100% Cashmere Evening Dress designer-lanvin You can see in thisThese long, slim dresses made of pure cashmere wool were a Halston staple and were designed for that chic modern woman to wear while entertaining at home or in an intimate setting. The wearer was able to move and be superbly comfortable, never worrying about getting wrinkled or being inappropriate or uncomfortable. Really these were one of his signature pieces and every chic woman had to have one. Variations were recently featured in the Museum at FIT