Runway Fall 2005 Alexander McQueen 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' Full Lace Back Dress designer-paganne One particularly theatrical dress came

One particularly theatrical dress came equipped with banderillas—the long spears with which bullfighters pique bulls—that seemed to impale the wearer in order to support a long ruffled train in the back

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

Reference Photos: Fall 1997 Herve Leger Runway

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

When off and flat it is a rectangular shape (see the photos provided)

Runway Fall 2005 Alexander McQueen 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' Full Lace Back Dress designer-paganne One particularly theatrical dress cameThe 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