• This dress is from the Fall 2003 Cavalli collection and is a variation of Look 30 
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli
• Leopard prints were predominant through the runway presentation and the backdrop of the catwalk was a giant wall of video screens. The runway equivalent to this dress was deeply plunged at the front but this production piece with its corset front is far more wearable and easy to fit in my opinion. We have included runway video and stills to show you the similar fit through the body and how it will move
• The dress is made of a leopard print bias cut silk chiffon that is phenomenal. Within the leopard print there are printed gold chains that run over the dress and accentuate the curves of the body underneath. They also build on the cut of the dress itself.
• The dress is suspended from two tiny straps in the same silk that curved up and over the shoulders. The straps have a touch of elastic inside to help it fit perfectly once on. At the back they curve slightly inwards and attach. The entire upper back is left bare and exposed.
• There is a built-in inner underwired bra that holds everything in place. This gives you the structure you need while still keeping the feel of a bias cut dress over that.
• The dress curves in at the waist with a combination of long curving vertical seams and ones set in peaked angles that curved downwards. It curves back out over the hips from there. Everything is cut on the bias and there are no horizontal seams to break the print or lines of the dress.
• The lower skirt flares out with quite a bit of fabric used for its construction. The back has extra fabric and is cut a little longer than the front so that you have a beautiful bit of fabric behind you as you move. The extra fabric also gives you wonderful movement as you walk. 
• I love how all of the seams around the bodice are pieced together with an obvious brown thread stitching them together. The way this is done allows for a little bit of bare skin to show between the stitches. It is a subtle detail but a fantastic one.
• The final perfect finishing touch is the laced back. This allows you to adjust the fit perfectly to you and it gives the dress the perfect signature Cavalli sexiness.
• The dress is unlined and closes with the laces at the back. The straps have slight elastic in them and there is a built-in underwire bra to create a corset effect. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern Cavalli Small
• Excellent condition 

Bust: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam when it is tightly laced up. Loosening the laces would give you whatever extra room you needed around.
Waist: 12-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: the very front centre is 60" from top of shoulder and then it starts to curve around to end up being 67" at the back. 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5479

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2003 Roberto Cavalli, Look 30.

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• The dress is from the Spring 2016 Roberto Cavalli Collection and it is a piece that was produced for the shops.
• It was made under the creative direction of Peter Dundas.
• The dress is made out of a white jersey that has some stretch to it which makes it very easy to wear and comfortable once it is on the body.
• The neckline is scooped with a slightly wider cut. The shoulders are soft and the single sleeve that the dress has is long and slightly tapered into the wrist.
• It skims over the bust and is gathered in along one side to add some shape to the waist. From there it curves back out and over the hips to fall to the floor in one long sweep of jersey. The dress is in its original uncut length.
• The detailing on the dress is phenomenal. A heavily detailed snake that combines gold tube beading with rectangular and round prong set rhinestones and tiny silver tube beads is set on top of a three dimensional padding. This gives the snake a rounded out shape so that it slightly sits up and off of the fabric.
• The tail of the snake starts on one side of the neckline, wraps around the back collar, and then runs down the front to follow the low cut opening that your arm slips through. It curves around and into the waist, back around the side of the hip, and then the head of the snake sits just above an extremely high slit at the side.
• The snake detail is incredible. I love how he dropped the depth of the arm hole on one side and then balanced that with the high slit on that same side. It feels very sexy but the placement of the snake and the structure that is added by the under padding holds everything perfectly in place once it is on. It is quite ingenious.
• The dress is fully lined through the body with a second layer of the same white jersey and the sleeve has no lining. It zips to close at the back with a hidden set zipper and there is a zipper at the cuff of the single sleeve. I see perhaps the tiniest bit of grubbiness along the inside collar and around the edge of the hem. There are a couple of teeny tiny pulls in the fabric. I have photoed one for you that is at the back near the zipper. Please see the photo after the label shot. These are all extremely minor and noted for accuracy. The fabric does have some stretch so I have put the comfortable range of measurements below.
• Tagged a modern Cavalli 44
• Excellent condition

Sleeve: 24.5" and are 12" around the upper arm
Bust: covers to 15-17" flat across from side to side with no true seam on the side without the sleeve.
Waist: 13-16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 67" from top of shoulder to hem, the slit is 33" from the hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5473

Reference Photo: credit unknown.

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• This is from Spring 2003 and its twin with a gold sequin version of the skirt was worn for Look 19. 
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli.
• Christina Aguilera wore the gold sequin version for an editorial that same year.
• The corset is made out of a yellow printed silk chiffon that has been cut out and applied on a nude netting. So you have parts of it that have a touch of transparency. 
  
• It has an inner bodysuit built-in that snaps to close and holds it in place. Inside it is fully boned and has wired cups. It laces to close at the back and this allows you to adjust the size.
• The skirt is meant to be worn more low slung on the hip so you see the skin between the corset and the skirt. You can also wear it higher if you don't wish to show that little bit of skin.
• The waistband is made out of a denim and then the rest of the skirt is finished in red sequins that are square in shape and set to overlap each other. The button that closes it at the front of the waistband has a little snake circling it and Roberto Cavalli embossed into it.
• This is an extremely rare set and highly collectible.
• The skirt has some of its paint worn off off of the sequins in areas and I am not sure if that is something that has happened over time or if it was a deliberate distressing. These were stored closely together at some point and part of the red has rubbed off onto the laces of the corset a bit and around the edge. Even with that small flaw it is absolutely amazing. The paint on the sequins seems to come off easily with water so it should not be worn if it is raining and they should be stored with something between them.
  
• The skirt zips and buttons to close and is lined in a red silk. The corset laces to close at the back and has a full built-in stretch lingerie corseted bodysuit inside that is boned.
• The corset is tagged a Cavalli vintage medium and skirt is a vintage Cavalli small.
• Excellent overall condition with the notes above

Note that I have measured the corset with the laces fully tightened. You could open the laces as much as you needed from there.

Corset
Bust: 14-16" flat across from end to end with the laces tightened to wear their it shown on the dress form. You can adjust upwards from there by loosening the laces as needed.
Waist: 12" flat across from end to end with the laces tightened to wear their it shown on the dress form. You can adjust upwards from there by loosening the laces as needed.
Bottom seam: 16.5" flat across from end to end with the laces tightened to wear their it shown on the dress form. You can adjust upwards from there by loosening the laces as needed.
Total length: 16" from top to bottom

Skirt
Waist: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 10.25" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent:

Item# DD5440

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2003 Roberto Cavalli, Look 19.  /  (5) Christina Aguilera in Roberto Cavalli. Photographed by Mark Abrahams for Marie Claire, 2003.

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• A shorter cut version of this dress walked the runway for Spring 2004 Cavalli collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli.
• The silk used on the dress is extraordinary and is all cut on the bias. It has a slight texture to it and the pattern that runs over the dress has the feel of being hand painted.
• To achieve this effect the design would have been created specifically for the dress how it lays over the dress pre-planned before the silk was cut. 
• Following the pattern are fused lines made out of a gold metallic glitter for an extra touch of glitz. 
• The dress is suspended from tiny silk straps that curve up and over the shoulders to attached in at the back. Little triangle sit over the bust and they are set in with seams that angle down towards the sides. It skims over your waist and hips, and then the lower skirt falls in different lengths to hem.
• The skirt is made up of panels that are attached into the dress on different angles. This gives it incredible fullness and allows it to open up around you when you move. It is cut longer at the back so you get this pretty sweeping line around you and this adds to the movement that it has.
• The dress is unlined and slips over the head to wear. The bias cut of the silk allows it to drape around you once on. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a Roberto Cavalli vintage small.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 15-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 41" from top of shoulder to shortest part of the front hem, 62" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5430

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2004 Roberto Cavalli, Look 23. Model Elise Crombez.  /  (5) Natalia Vodianova by Glen Luchford for Harper’s Bazaar, 2004.  /  (6) Scarlett Johansson for ELLE Magazine, 2004.  /  (7-8) Sienna Miller at the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party, June 2004.

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• This dress is from the Spring 2007 collection and it is a version of the blue dress that walk the runway for look 14.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli.
• Rihanna wore its twin to the 2007 Grammys which is an amazing reference for you to be able to see what this looks like on the body.
• It is absolutely beautiful with its intricate pleating that runs over the entire dress. I love how the pleats are set in different directions to pick up on and highlight the cut of the dress.
• It is made out of a light silk chiffon done in the prettiest soft green colour. It feels more of a pastel green in person than how it shot here.
• The front panel is set to run across the body with all of the pleating done on an angle to follow the line of the neck line and of the bottom of the panel that wraps around the waist. Where your arm slips through there is a wide band of green silk that circles over the shoulder and around the arm.
• A second panel extends out from the side of the waist and curves across the back to meet the opening for the arm. This leaves large portions of bare skin showing all the way down one side and above and below the panel of the back. It is very sexy.
• The skirt and waist have a band of the same solid green used around the arm. The band is meant to sit a bit low slung on the hip and you can see that in the photos of Rihanna on the red carpet. If you wear it higher up the top will blouse over more.
• There is a light line of tiny stitching that runs across the lower part of the front of the bodice. This is done so the silk doesn't sit way off the body if you chose to wear the waistline up higher and it blouses over. It is a brilliantly thought out technical detail. 
• There is an incredible amount of fabric in the skirt and the long vertical pleats help it to flare out. The lightness of the silk chiffon combined with the bounce of the pleat creates amazing movement when you walk.
• The bodice is lined in a green silk and there is a built-in bottom part of a bodysuit that sits just inside and under the waist band. It hooks to close and helps hold the dress in place. The skirt is lined in a matching green silk chiffon. I see a couple of very tiny marks in the pleats of the skirt here and there and the faintest possible mark near the edge of the panel that goes under the arm. It closes with a hidden set back zipper and you just slip your arm through the circle at the side of the top. 
• Tagged a vintage Cavalli 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: the front panel covers 14-16" flat across with no true side seams
Waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam and meant to sit at the top of the hip
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 21" from the top of the shoulder to the top of the waistband
Total Length: approx 65" from top of the shoulder to hem 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5402

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2007 Roberto Cavalli, Look 14. Model Jessica Stam.  /  (5-7) Rihanna, in Roberto Cavalli, at the 2007 Grammys.

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• The dress is from the Fall 2005 Galliano collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of John Galliano.
• The dress is absolutely dreamy. It is meant to skim over the body and it has that beautiful movement that Galliano is so well known for.
• It is made out of a combination of a cut velvet floral fabric that has been applied to a printed bias cut brown backdrop. This gives it an amazing texture. Highlighting the seams are little inset panels of lace with more lace added around the hem and edges.
• The dress is suspended from the shoulders with two brown lace straps and the lace continues around the neckline. The front is set into a shallow V and the back repeats that same V finish.
• The silk  is cut on the bias and the entire dress skims over the body in that perfect way that he always cut a piece.
• The bias cut allows it to be easy fitting over the bust, waist and hips. It is not tight at all but does drape and fall to accent your shape once it is on the body.
• The skirt is made up of panels set in and along angled seaming that is very reminiscent of Old Hollywood dresses from the twenties and thirties. The skirt is made of two panels that expand outwards and are open along the sides. So when you walk or move you get a bit of leg and extra kick along the lower skirting.
• Each panel has elaborate lace edging with ruffles made out of the lace for a pretty and feminine finish. I love how this ties all the elements of the dress together.
• The skirt has an amazing amount of fabric in it and the cut and open sides allow the smallest bit of air to catch the skirt and let it move around you as you move. When this is on and you are walking the movement it creates is absolutely gorgeous.
• This is John at his best and it is a tremendously beautiful dress.
• The dress is fully lined in a brown silk and slips over the head with no closures. It is cut on the bias so we put the comfortable range of measurements when the dress is laying flat below. It appears to have been worn very little if at all
• Tagged a vintage Galliano FR44, GB16, US10
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18-24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5502

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• The twin of this dress walked the Fall 2008 runway for Look 38.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli.
• The dresses in the collection had a bit of a 1950s feel to them and you can clearly see that inspiration in this dress yet it still feels fresh.
• The dress is fitted through the bodice with an inner cupped and lightly boned corset to hold it in place around you.
• It is suspended from the shoulder with the little silk straps and one shoulder has a spray of pale pink silk flowers following the curve of the strap.
• I love how the bodice falls in a bit of an angle at the front and also at the back. This whimsical little detail is so romantic and feel.
• The waist is nipped in and the dress is fitted over the top of the hips as it curves back out and over you.
• The skirt falls from there and the ruffle details start just under the hip.
• The skirt is incredibly full and has layers of horizontal bands of a soft lace that overlap each other all the way to the hem. A stiffened inner hem helps to hold the shape and volume.  Underneath that are multiple layers of ivory silk netting to hold the volume.
• You can see in the photos that the skirt has a touch of transparency to it was just adds to its light and airy feel. 
• The entire dress is covered in a soft ivory lace that adds an incredibly romantic feel to the piece.
• The dress has an inner built-in corset the dress is lined in an ivory silk and it closes with a hidden set side zipper. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• There is no size tag present, so please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 14-16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: to 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 59" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5494

Reference Photos/Video: (1-5) Fall 2008 Roberto Cavalli, Look 38.  /  (6) Fall 2008 Roberto Cavalli Ad Campaign by Inez & Vinoodh.

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• The dress is from the Fall 2009 collection and the same fabric was seen on the runway in other pieces.
• It was created under the creative direction of John Galliano.
• The show was inspired by 1920s and the 1920s Orientalism of couturier Paul Poiret and you can see that in the fabric of this dress and its nod to the metallic silk lames that were seen so prominently during that era.
• The dress is made from the most striking metallic silver & black fabric that has a subtle silver shimmer from head to toe. The photos capture the colour well, but it has a slightly more metallic feel in person that is really outstandingly beautiful.
• It is completely cut on the bias so that it falls and drapes beautifully over the body.
• The neck line is cut wide across and the shoulders extend slightly over the top of the arm. The bodice has angled darts that come out from the centre of the waist and it is cut to skim over you down to the waist area.
• The waist is shaped by a combination of the seam work there and the gathering at the front. After curving in around the waist it curves back out and over the hips.
• The skirt falls from there to the floor and I love how the bias cut narrows it in around the legs slightly and then the lower portion of skirt flares out dramatically. The back of the skirt is cut slightly longer than the front so you get this phenomenal sweeping feel behind you along with added movement as you walk and move.
• The way it is gathered in around the hips is a strong nod to pieces from the 1930s and 1940s. These are eras that John touched on quite often and that is showcased beautifully in this particular piece. There is a centre seam where all of the fabric has been gathered in towards to create shape and interest around the waist and the of the top of hips.
• The dress is in its original uncut length and just an incredible example of his work from time period. 
• It is fully lined in black silk and closes with a back hidden set zipper. I see some faded marks to the interior lining around the hem. I think this is from storage. The exterior is pristine. When the dress is off the body, the inner lining hangs a bit past the hem but once it was on the dress form, it falls right. This is because of the bias cut of the inner lining - it doesn't shorten to match the exterior hem until there is a body in it.
• There is no size tag present so please go buy the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition.

Bust: 16-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 64" from shoulder to front hem in the back extends another 2" past that.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5491

Reference Photo: Fall 2009 Christian Dior Runway, Look 35.

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• This dress is from the Spring 2000 collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of John Galliano.
• This John Galliano dress is incredibly beautiful and it is a stunning example of his work. No matter how good you think that this dress looks like in photos it is even better in person and moving.
• The dress is made out of a hammered black silk that has a beautiful texture woven through the silk. I love how that the added texture it has catches the light as you move and adds an extra layer of visual interest to the dress.
• The dress is cut completely on the bias so it just glides over the body. It is made to perfectly fall over you in a sweep of bias cut fabric.
• It skims over the bust with a draped front that falls in a soft fold. Wide straps sweep up and over the shoulders and then extend down into the back.
• The back is truly incredible. It is scooped down into a very low open soft V that leaves most of your back bare.
• At the base of the scoop, it crosses over itself and has a bit of the same drape that you see at the front. It is so well-made that I think there is the possibility that you could wear it turned around back to front with the V at the front, depending on how it worked on your body and how daring you wish to be.
• The dress skims over the waist with a bit of a more generous feel. It continues past the hips and the bias cut of the silk lets it follows your curves and highlights the body underneath without it being too tight and fitted. Galliano was, and is, a genius when it came to this cut.
• Once past the hips the dress flares out as it nears the bottom hem so that it has beautiful movement when you move. One perfect angled seam runs down the front of a skirt for subtle detail and the very bottom of the lower skirt flares out slightly.
• A row of tightly spaced black silk covered buttons and loops run down one side to finish it with his signature detail.
• The dress is fully lined in a fine black silk and closes at the side with the buttons. It is all cut on the bias so the measurements given below are the comfortable range when the dress is laying flat. Being bias cut the length may come up a bit once on the body.
• Tagged a vintage Dior FR42, GB14, US10
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18-21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 63" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5485

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• This dress is from the Resort 2007 Chanel collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld.
  
• Everything about this dress has that chic Chanel feel that makes many of Karl's designs forever classics.
• It is beautiful in person and the simple lines and cut make it the kind of dress that you can wear multiple times with the styling and accessories you add making it feel different each time.
• The dress is made of very light black knit that has different finishes depending on where the knit is placed on the dress. These help to define the various parts of the dress and add visual interest.
• On the bodice and the tiny sleeves the knit is done in a light ribbing. The ribbing is used again to circle around the skirt just under the hip area. In between the knit is a solid fine weave and that also carries down to the bottom portion of a skirt as well with a little cut out detail running all the way around the lower hem.
• Underneath the bottom hem there is an added double layer of a slightly stiffened lace for the prettiest detail. This same lace also tops each little sleeve.
• The dress has no closures. You simply slip it over the head and it drapes over the body perfectly once you have it on.
• The front and back necklines are scooped higher across and there is a little Chanel logo button on the top of each shoulder that holds the dress in place.
• It is meant to be more fitted over the bodice as the knit stretches over you. It runs past the waist and then the dress starts to widen out as it skims out and over the hips. It continues to gently widen out as it nears the hem.
• I love the little sleeves. They are attached along the side of the dress and the opening for the arm is cut a little lower than normal to accommodate this. They sit snuggly around the upper arm and add a pretty little detail.
  
• The dress is fully lined in a soft inner stretch knit layer and has no closures except for the two buttons at the top of the shoulders. The knit does have some stretch and I have put the range when laying flat below.
• Tagged a Chanel 34
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 6" and are just a touch over 7" around where the lace attaches. That is the area with the least amount of stretch. 
Bust: 12-15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approximately 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 54" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XXS-XS

Item# DD5483

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