F/W 2006 Chanel Runway Semi-Sheer Silk Baby Doll Dress designer-hardy-amies The sleeves taper into cuffs

The sleeves taper into cuffs that have metallic thread embroidery surrounded by bead work -all hand done - I love it

The shoulders are amazing - each is high and has a strip of velvet running down their centers

The same technique rings the one little pocket that sits on one hip

Each has a tie detail and a slimmer strap on the top of the shoulder

and the skirt is surprisingly full - cut much like a fifties swing skirt with lots of yardage

F/W 2006 Chanel Runway Semi-Sheer Silk Baby Doll Dress designer-hardy-amies The sleeves taper into cuffsThe 2006 Chanel collection by Karl Lagerfeld was well received. Sarah Mower of Vogue said this in her review: "Karl Lagerfeld's ability to stretch the template of Chanel this way and that according to the moment never ceases. This season, the block heeled sixties spectator boot he first showed for couture gave him the starting point to design upward into a young and leggy look Though it was mainly black, with touches of white, cream, and dull pink,