Fall 2005 Alexander McQueen Black Draped Silk Jersey Crepe Dress w Beaded Collar designer-mary-quant Slit: 28" high from bottom

Slit: 28" high from bottom hem

though these had none when made

What is truly incredible is that the same panel continues to wrap around the shoulder

Little bows also sit on each sleeve and the sleeves themselves are incredible - each is a huge puffed and exaggerated sleeve that ends at the elbow and is cut to sit wide and full

Fall 2005 Alexander McQueen Black Draped Silk Jersey Crepe Dress w Beaded Collar designer-mary-quant Slit: 28" high from bottomThe Fall 2005 collection was titled 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' and the Alexander McQueen site said of this collection: 'For the second time in his career, Alexander McQueen references The Birds for this collection a film that he remembers loving as a child principally because of the precise way in which the women featured choose to dress. Against a film set backdrop flooded with red light models stride out in swing coats, pencil skirts, neat, cropped