• EightThis two piece set dates in and around to the Fall 1987 Christian Dior collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Marc Bohan.
• When researching we found very similar bead work used on a piece from the Fall 1987 Haute Couture collection. The date for this set is based on that bead work and that pieces often trickled down into ready-to-wear collections with similar details.
• At first glance it looks like this is a full dress but it is actually two pieces. The top is a shaped and boned strapless corset and it has a matching textured silk black skirt. I love the versatility that having the two separate pieces gives you.
• The skirt made out of a black heavily textured silk with built-in under skirts for added volume in shape and the corset is made out of of a deep yellow silk with hand beading.
• The bodice is strapless and is meant to be more fitted with a true corset feel. Inside it is cupped and has extensive inner boning so that it sits perfectly in place around you.
• I love how it is shaped over the body to emphasize the bust and then it nips in the waist. The deep curve at the top of the neck line and the way that long tassel hangs down the front is all done to draw the eye in and add to the illusion of a smaller waist. Under the waist it curves out over the top of the hips.
• The skirt is its own separate piece. The waist is banded and then the silk expands outwards from there. It is very full by the time it reaches the bottom hem. This gives it a soft and easy movement around you as you move. 
• The skirt is made out of a layer of highly textured black silk and then underneath that is a layer of a black net with stiffening built in around he inner hem. An innermost silk lining sits between that middle layer and your skin. Floating the layers over each other in this manner helps it to retain volume and shape around you.
• The perfect finishing touch is the extensive silk cord, hand cut velvet applique and hand beading done on the corset. The pattern follows the exaggerated peak on the front bodice and then wraps all the way around you to hook into place. Strands of various size beads have been hand strung and placed all the way around the top edge. They are glossy black faceted beads and are in a variety of shapes and sizes.
• It is just outstanding in person and beautifully constructed.
• The skirt is lined in a black net and black silk as described above. The corset is lined in a matching yellow silk and has hidden interior light boning. It closes with a row of lingerie hooks at the back and the skirt buttons to close at the waist with a zipper under that. I see a tiny mark on the front bodice which is hidden under the dangling beads over it for the most part. There is.a small repair/flaw along the very edge at the bottom. There is a tiny bit of grubbiness here and there on the corset on the inside and the outside. Please see the photos after the label shot.
• There is no size tag present. Please go by the measurements below.
• Excellent condition 

Corset
Bust: to 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: it is 8" at the skinniest part at the back and about 13.5" from the peak of the bodice to the lowest part of the front

Skirt
Waist: to 13" flat across from side seam to side seam. 
Hips: open
Total length: 39" from waist to hem with 2" turned under.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5824

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• This dress is from the Pre-Fall 2022 Valentino collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli.
• If there is a dress more instantly recognizable and famous then the Valentino dragon dress I am not sure what dress that might be. It is a star even among the many outstanding dresses that Valentino has created over the years.
• The Haute Couture version was first created to great fanfare in 1968-69. Then for the spring of 2001, the Valentino atelier released a limited edition collection of a re-edited copy of the dress. Finally Pierpalo did his version for the Pre-Fall 2022 collection.
• This version of the famous dragon dress softens the lines of the original couture one to make it a more easy to wear caftan feeling silhouette.
• The description of the original dress in the book on Valentino's work sums it up perfectly and you can see the base of the modern elements in this one. 'Printed tunic dress with a yellow, green and red oriental dragon against a very dark background; it features a seamed bust line, a stopped neckline, long sleeves and a deep slit along the left hip.' 
• The dress is made out of a very light-in-weight black silk that has that wonderful dragon printed on its surface. The dragon curls around the body on the front of the dress with the back, upper bodice and sleeves left in a stark contrasting black.
• The neck is notched and the shoulders are soft. Each sleeves is cut straight all the way down to the wrist.
• It is cut loose and easy all the way through the body flaring out slightly as it near the hem. This makes it extremely easy to fit and wear and the shape is what gives it it's nod to a caftan.
• There is a slit on each side seam that shows a flash of leg when you move, balancing out the coverage everywhere else. And it has pockets.
• The dress is unlined and slips over the head to wear with no closures. It's loose and easy cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes and frames. It will just drape more on a smaller frame. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern Valentino 38. 
• Excellent condition 

Sleeves: 18.5" and they are just under 13" around the upper arm
Dropped shoulders: to 18"
Bust: to 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 47.5" from top of the shoulder to hem and the slits are 16" from the hem up.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5825

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 47 for the Fall 2011 Gucci collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Frida Giannini.
• This is an instantly recognizable and well-known piece of Gucci history. I personally feel like this was one of the most outstanding looks of her time at Gucci.
• The look was shot for several editorials, including two covers, and worn on red carpets. I love that we have so many reference photos to be able to show how fantastic this is once on the body.
• The dress combines a deep mustard silk organza with a massive silk flower detailing on one shoulder. The skirt is made out of a black silk chiffon and the inner boy shorts are silk.
• Once of the best things about this dress is that it is the entire full set and it comes with the matching boy shorts just like the runway and a detachable silk chiffon lining that you button into or out of the skirt.
• This allows you to wear the dress with the single layer of silk chiffon and the boy shorts under it so that you get the exact look of the runway, or you can button in the inner silk chiffon layer under the skirt and choose to get a more opaque look.
• I love that this dress was sold like this (in limited production in this case) since most ultra sheer runway looks are produced with a lining in place and no option to go more sheer like it was shown on the runway. 
• It is very rare to find a full pristine set of this look with the dress, removable skirt lining, and matching boy shorts.
• The top has a single wide cut shoulder with a wide floral applique detailing applied that curves aver the shoulder and into the neck. You can see how this sits on the body and the flowers nestle into the neck on the reference photos.
• The centre flowers combine a matching yellow silk with a more taupe silk. The petals on this one are fairly fine. A second flower in the same colour combination but with bigger petals sits beside that. Those are surrounded with a massive amount of petals that look to be hand dipped silk organza. Each one hand cut with raw edges. It is beautiful.
• The front is gathered into rows of curving panels that are stacked and layered on top of each other. Each panel has a tiny thread finish to its edge that looks to have been done by hand.
• The size and the angle of the curve of the panels change as it moves over the top and as they sweep upward to surround the flowers on the shoulder. The ones directly around the flowers have been set so that they come up and off the base silk. 
• The back has a panel constructed in the same technique as the front and it comes out from the waist and then wraps up and over on an angle to meet the single shoulder. Another mass of flower petals sits on the top of that panel as well.
• The way that the back is cut leaves an open and bare cut out. It is very unexpected and sexy when you turn around to see that bare flash of skin.
• The waist nips in and it is banded around the waist. There is a lovely contrast between the colour of the top with the dark black of the skirt.
• The silk chiffon of the skirt is completely cut on the bias and it is set so that it flows outwards around you. Whether you choose to wear the boy shorts under the attached single layer, or add the inner silk chiffon skirt layer, the lightness of the single or double layers catches the air with your slightest movement and float beautifully around you as you walk.
• The boy shorts that come with a set are made out of of a double layer of black silk with a flat front and a more high cut as you can see in the photos.
• This is one of the most outstanding pieces from Frida's era and it is fantastically rare to have all of the pieces together as the full set.
• The top is lined in a matching silk organza and the attached layer of the skirt is unlined. The skirt has a second separate inner opaque black silk skirt that buttons into the sides of the inner waist that can act as a lining if you wish. It closes with a button at the waist. The boy shorts are made of two layers of opaque black silk, and have a hidden set back zipper. The dress closes with a hidden set side zipper. All of the pieces appear to have been worn very little at all.
• Tagged a Gucci 38
• Excellent condition

Dress
Bust: approximately 16-18" flat across from side to side 
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approximately 16.5" from top of the shoulder to waist and will blouse over a bit once on.
Total length: 63" from top of the shoulder to hem

Inner skirt
Waist: 13.25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 45" from top of the shoulder to hem

Boy shorts (have some stretch)
Waist: to 12-13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 13" from top of the back hem to inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5825

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