Spring 2009 Prada Runway Snakeskin Print Open Side Dress designer-stavropoulos Waist: to 15î flat across

Waist: to 15î flat across the back from side seam to side seam

The way it falls once on a real girl is just wonderful

Bust:18" flat across from side seam to side seam

Azzedine was so private at the time that the actual runway show was not even formally announced

The waist is nipped in but defined by vertical seaming

Spring 2009 Prada Runway Snakeskin Print Open Side Dress designer-stavropoulos Waist: to 15î flat acrossIn the Vogue review for this collection Sarah Mower noted: "Miuccia Prada had a sound bite for her Spring collection. "It's primitive," she said, "going back to what counts." When the chips are down, there is no one who can turn up the thermostat of subversive sexual provocation quite as high as Mrs. Prada. Her girls, their skin glistening as if on a fevered summer's night, might have been passing through on their way to or from lovers' assignations,