Avant Garde Fall 2010 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Runway Look 22 Exceptionally Long Burgundy Knit Jersey Dress designer-andre-courreges All of the work on

All of the work on the dress is a combination of machine work with tons of hand finishes

The price that is here is what I paid for it and then the cost that I've accrued in shipping

combined with the stunning lines of it

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

Seaming cascaded over on shoulder and down the side and the sleeves are set in wide and full

Avant Garde Fall 2010 Lanvin by Alber Elbaz Runway Look 22 Exceptionally Long Burgundy Knit Jersey Dress designer-andre-courreges All of the work onThe 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.