Spring 2004 Prada by Miuccia Variation on Look 52 Printed Ivory Strapless Cotton Dress designer-azzedine-alaia / (4) From the V&A

/ (4) From the V&A Collection

The skirt has glass pearls adoring its entire hem and is set in pretty tiny gathers along its pointed dropped seam

The dress is fully lined in a pale yellow silk taffeta and the top is unlined

high drama way

One of the things that I love most about this dress is how much the feel of it changes depending on what length you choose to wear it at

Spring 2004 Prada by Miuccia Variation on Look 52 Printed Ivory Strapless Cotton Dress designer-azzedine-alaia / (4) From the V&AThis is a variation on Look 52 that walked the runway for the Spring Prada 2004 show Made under the creative direction of Miuccia Prada Vogue said of this collection: "Over almost a decade of ground breaking experimentalism, Miuccia Prada has explored everything from irony to deliberate ugliness to intellectual subversion. Shes been there, done that, and has the souvenirs to prove it. For Spring 2004, the designer turned her attention to the stiffest