Runway Fall 2005 Alexander McQueen 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' Full Lace Back Dress designer-paganne All the edges are finished

All the edges are finished with a single row of bead and sequins

When researching this piece I found a pattern in a similar vein from the 1973 collection in the book "Halston" by Phaidon

The dress is made of a green silk chiffon in a soft hue

Reference Photos: Fall 1997 Herve Leger Runway

The dress form it is photoed on is life size so illustrates how it sits on a real girl well

Runway Fall 2005 Alexander McQueen 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' Full Lace Back Dress designer-paganne All the edges are finishedThe Fall 2005 collection was titled 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' and the Alexander McQueen site said of this collection: 'For the second time in his career, Alexander McQueen references The Birds for this collection a film that he remembers loving as a child principally because of the precise way in which the women featured choose to dress. Against a film set backdrop flooded with red light models stride out in swing coats, pencil skirts, neat, cropped