2008 Azzedine Alaia Black & Nude Open Weave Knit Dress designer-hardy-amies The shoulders are strong and

The shoulders are strong and padded to create that perfect eighties silhouette with sleeves are kept long and lean to balance it out

Each sleeve has the design trailing down it and then circling the cuff

Here he combined a solid black with green and then ties the two together with his signature print on the bodice using those same two colors

The waist has a pretty piped adornment and a darling little bow

The bodice is gorgeous with a twisted knot front

2008 Azzedine Alaia Black & Nude Open Weave Knit Dress designer-hardy-amies The shoulders are strong andThis amazing and very sexy little Alaia knit dress is one of my favorites from his more recent collections. It is made from a loose weave, ribbed knit, over a nude colored inner sheath so that it appears that you are wearing the knit over your bare skin. This inner lining is deliberately cut shorter in length then the exterior skirt so that a glimpse of bare upper legs peeks through the knit of the skirt. A very sexy detail. As with all Azzedine Alaia