Documented 1992 Azzedine Alaia Off Shoulder Black Knit Dress designer-rudi-gernreich The matching scarf piece can

The matching scarf piece can be used as a belt

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The waist starts high under the bust line and skim over the waist and swings out over the hips in a delicious swoop

The dress is cut super model long and lean and the silk floats around your body in a chic column of fabric

A twisted bit of fabric at the neck gives it a Ceil Chapman-esque feel and the fit is cut to show off every curve

Documented 1992 Azzedine Alaia Off Shoulder Black Knit Dress designer-rudi-gernreich The matching scarf piece canThe dresses from 1992 were as well known for their prices as they were for their brevity. Elle reported that year that his collection was 'extraordinarily pricey with cardigans run around $1,400 and dresses between $2,500 and $3,500'. In a 10 page spread that season, Azzedine speaks of his 'delights in the space age fabric he used for his Spring 1992 collection (he calls the NASA developed material "Relax" for its purported ability to act as a screen