Spring 1999 Oscar de la Renta Strapless Silk Taffeta Dress w Elaborate Back Skirt mao-hide was photographed by Jeanloup Sieff

was photographed by Jeanloup Sieff

A touch less turquoise then how it photoed on real life

It wraps around you and then at the back each end extends out so that you can tie it into a bow

The skirt closes with a row of tightly spaced fabric covered buttons at the side and is lined in a pink silk that follows the shape of the pieces of the skirt bottom

Spring 1999 Oscar de la Renta Strapless Silk Taffeta Dress w Elaborate Back Skirt mao-hide was photographed by Jeanloup SieffFor the Spring 1999 collection Oscar did a series of separates and dresses that featured these dramatic trained silk taffeta skirts. There were several variations shown on the runway and I have included some of those here. Ashley Judd wore a red sleeved version of the dress to the VH1 Divas Live event. She then changed and wore the skirt and jacket version to the after party at the Beacon Theatre in New York. The Met Museum holds a piece from this