1973 Halston Couture Glossy Black Hand Applied Sequin Skirt & Jacket Evening Suit designer-mollie-parnis The skirt is fully lined

The skirt is fully lined in a purple silk and closes with a back painted metal zipper

thin stretch brown leather with a soft and fine grain suede on the upper portion

The shoulders and sleeves are a semi-transparent black silk net that has little rhinestones scattered across it

The jacket is tagged a vintage YSL 34 and the pants a 44

the date and it is numbered as well

1973 Halston Couture Glossy Black Hand Applied Sequin Skirt & Jacket Evening Suit designer-mollie-parnis The skirt is fully linedOt was around 1973 that Halston really embraced sequins and started to showcase them regularly in his collections as his clients asked for more evening pieces from him. The sequin technique he used during this time period differed from later collections. In these earlier pieces the sequins were laid onto the silk underneath completely flat and were placed side by side to each other. This makes the fabric extremely fluid and flexible while giving it a