Spring 1999 Oscar de la Renta Strapless Silk Taffeta Dress w Elaborate Back Skirt designer-balestra-roma It is fresh back from

It is fresh back from the cleaners

The lines in the fabric all run vertically over the dress and this adds to the feeling of length that it has

In this collection Yves touch upon and built on his famous "Chinese Collection" of 1977/78

It is included and the belt is sold as found

Spring 1999 Oscar de la Renta Strapless Silk Taffeta Dress w Elaborate Back Skirt designer-balestra-roma It is fresh back fromFor the Spring 1999 collection Oscar did a series of separates and dresses that featured these dramatic trained silk taffeta skirts. There were several variations shown on the runway and I have included some of those here. Ashley Judd wore a red sleeved version of the dress to the VH1 Divas Live event. She then changed and wore the skirt and jacket version to the after party at the Beacon Theatre in New York. The Met Museum holds a piece from this