Avant Garde Fall 2010 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Runway Look 22 Exceptionally Long Burgundy Knit Jersey Dress designer-andre-courreges Waist Banding: 9" from seam

Waist Banding: 9" from seam under the bust to lowest seam where skirt begins

Waist: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam and can be adjusted with the ties

The skirt has an elastic waist and snap opening

This dress is from the British retailer Wallis who has been around since 1923

combined with the stunning lines of it

Avant Garde Fall 2010 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Runway Look 22 Exceptionally Long Burgundy Knit Jersey Dress designer-andre-courreges Waist Banding: 9" from seamThe twin of this dress walk the runway as Look 22 and I love that this lets you see the dress on a body. In Vogue's review of the collection they proclaimed that "For Fall, he (Alber), walked a knife edge, balanced between rigorously architectural urban simplicity and explosively fierce embellishment". Before his show, Elbaz reeled off the loops he'd put himself through to get there "Women ask for masculine tailoring, but they want to feel fragile.