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Very Rare Spring 1993 Versace by Gianna Versace Runway & Lookbook 'Miami Collection' Floral Print Silk Vest
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- This is an absolutely fantastic and very rare piece whose twin walked the Spring 1993 Versace runway.
- It was made under the creative direction of Gianni Versace
- Besides being prominently featured on the runway, it was featured in editorials for the Versace lookbook.
- This collection was an homage to South Beach, a place that Gianni absolutely loved. In 1991 he bought Casa Casuarina, a mansion on Ocean Drive. Two years and $30 million later it was a lavish palazzo, but before that was completed, he created this Spring 1993 show as a love letter to South Beach. Little Havana was referenced in the amazing floral printed silks that we see on this piece.
- On the runway, this was worn over a printed bell bottom pant in a contrasting floral print. In real life, you could certainly re-create that look or pair it with something simpler to let the vest shine on its own. It would look equally as good topping any length skirt, a pant, and you could even go very daring and wear something far more bare underneath.
- The vest is made out of a printed silk that mixes a solid black for the collar and lining. Black silk is also used for the properly finished button holes and the silk covered buttons at the front. It has a slightly softened feel to it that gives it a bit of a washed cast. This is intentional and carries through the entire piece where the black silk has been used.
- The rest of the vest has a brilliant oversized floral print running over it that is spectacular. It mixes all the primary colours and covers the entire piece. I love how the back panel of the vest is a different floral panel pattern for contrast.
- The shawl collar curves down low to the waist and then the vest closes with a double set of silk covered buttons across the front. Long floral covered tails fall around the side of the hip and down the front. These will end around or past the knee depending on your height.
- At the back, seams curve inwards to add shape through the waist and there is a fabric half belt that you use to cinch in and add more shape. The belt buckle and added embellishment on the belt are amazing. They are made out of a gold toned metal with the tops of each piece finished in a red, hand poured enamel. There are two curving pieces, one that secures the belt once buckled and the other to finish the end of the belt strap. Three more straight pieces sit on either side of that for added decoration. It is a very decadent and beautiful extra touch of detail.
- This is an iconic and highly collectible piece of Versace history. That is an easy piece to incorporate some vintage into your existing wardrobe.
- The vest is fully lined in a black silk and closes with the two front buttons that have properly finished button holes. As noted above, the black silk portion of the vest has a slight washed feel to its finish that appears intentional. It does have a fabric and size tag, but it is faded and you can no longer read what size it is.
- The size tag has faded so please go buy the measurements listed below
- Excellent condition
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: approx 19" flat across from side seam to side seam but because the tails open at the front, there is some wiggle room and it should fit a little larger. The tails would just be spread open more at the front.
Total length: 44" from neck to longest point of the front hem, 20" from neck to the back hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED
Item# DD5284
Reference Photos/Video: (1-6) Spring 1993 Versace. / (6) Angelika Kallio for Spring 1993 Gianni Versace Miami Collection Lookbook. / (7) Backstage at Versace, 1993.
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Chic 2000s Gianni Versace Bronze Gathered Silk Bodice Dress w an Elaborately Beaded Cut Out Front & Sweepimng Back
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- This is a very glamorous Versace dress that dates to the early 2000s.
- The dress is made out of a deep bronze coloured silk that is flattering on almost all skin tones.
- It is a dress that is insanely sexy and bare feeling yet you are still very covered. it has a bit of a nod to the Loris Azzaro rung dresses and you have to wonder if that was its inspiration.
- The silk is just heavy enough to give the dress an amazing drape so that it falls perfectly over the body.
- From the top of the hips to the top of the bodice the silk has been gathered into soft little horizontal folds. These are all gathered into the beaded bands that curves vertically down the front to form three cut outs. The bands extend out to form the straps that curve around the neck and hook into place.
- The waist is shaped to come in slightly and the silk curves back outward over the top of the hips.
- Below that the skirt falls to the floor in a cascade of copper coloured silk. It.skims over the hips and then the lower skirt flares out all the way around you. This gives a tremendous movement when you move.
- I love that the back is cut longer than the front for a beautiful sweep of fabric behind you.
- The dress is fully lined in a matching silk and closes with a hidden set zipper. The neck hooks into place at the back of the neck.
- Tagged a vintage Versace 38
- Excellent condition
Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60.5" from neck to front hem, 68" to the back hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED
Item# DD5249
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Spring 2015 Versus Versace Runway Look 15 Black Stretch Bandaid Dress w Gold Pins & Cut Out
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- The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 15 for the Spring 2015 collection.
- It was made under the creative direction of Donatella Versace.
- The dress was worn by Anja Rubik on the runway and it was wait listed worldwide and sold out everywhere.
- The dress is made out of a black stretch fabric so once it is on it molds and conforms to your body. You can see this on the runway shots. It is very sexy.
- It has a single long sleeve and the shoulder on that side is soft. The other shoulder is left bare and exposed.
- It skims over the bust and comes in at the waist. Starting just under the bust on one side is a cut out at the waist that is held together with three of the iconic Versace pins. These are of course a nod to be famous Versace safety pin dress. That open cut out continues horizontally all the way around to the back to leave a bare strip of skin showing around the waist and back.
- From there it hugs the hips and narrows back in above the knee.
- The dress is fully lined and slips on to wear with a hidden set side zipper. It was never worn and still has its original tag attached. The dress looks very tiny off. The body is meant to stretch. I've added the comfortable range of measurements below.
- Tagged a Versace 40
- Excellent condition
Sleeve: 25" and is 10-11" around the upper arm
Bust: 14-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 11-13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 35" from top of shoulder to hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED
Item# DD5199
Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2015 Versus Versace, Look 15. Model Anja Rubik.
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Rare Spring 1998 Gianni Versace Runway Silver Sequin & Thread Detail Pink & Black Dress
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- The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 1998 Versace show.
- It was made under the creative direction of Gianni Versace.
- This is a rare and early documented example of his work.
- The dresses made of two layers of silk. There is an inner silk layer that is a bright vivid pink and then this is topped with a black silk chiffon that has a touch of transparency.
- Onto the top black layer is an elaborate pattern made of silver metallic thread and little tiny silver sequins. This adds a subtle sparkle over the entire dress.
- Two triangles sit at the front bust and they are brought inwards at the neck leaving an open keyhole underneath. The straps circle around both sides of your neck and then meet at the back. They curve outwards to meet the sides of a full open scoop that leaves most of your back bare and exposed.
- It skims over the waist and hips from there and I love the lingerie effect created by having the black float over the inner pink layer.
- The inner pink silk layer acts as the lining. The neck of the dress slips over the head and then the dress closes with a hidden set side zipper. When the dress is off the body the pink under-layer appears to extend past the bottom by a couple of inches but it is bias cut so once on it lines up as shown in the photos here.
- Tagged a vintage Versace 40
- Excellent condition
Bust: each triangle covers up to 8" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 13" from neck to the seam under the bus
Total length: 60" from neck to hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML
Item# DD5194
Reference Photos: Spring 1998 Versace.
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Fabulous 2000s Versace by Donatella Red Crepe Dress w Rhinestone & Silver Chain Detailing
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- This is the second time we have had this dress in the shop. This one is smaller than the first and if you missed out this is your chance.
- It was made under the creative direction of Donatella Versace.
- The dress is made out of a red silk mix that has a crepe like finish to it that gives it a slightly textured finish.
- It falls from a twisted shoulder that curves up and over on one side. On the other side there is a thin strap that runs over the shoulder, crosses down the back, and then snaps into place along the side.
- Inside there is a full cupped and boned inner body suit corset to hold the dress in place and shape it over you.
- A panel extends out from one side of the waist and loops through a built-in loop to snap into place. This gives the illusion of a panel that drapes down the full front but it is actually all built-in and attached. It is a very clever design.
- Multiple strands of silver tone chains and rhinestones extend out from where that loops sits. They cross & drape over each other to wrap around the waist and down the hip and then attach in along the back.
- Under that the skirt skims over the hips and then flares out from there to the floor. The skirt is very full by the time it reaches the hem.
- All of that fabric that falls from the loop at the waist conceals an extremely high slit up one side so when you walk or move you get a flash of bare leg. It is very sexy. The side with the slit is cut slightly shorter and this gives you a beautiful sweeping effect around you as you move.
- Inside there is a full built-in bodysuit that snaps to close at its base and then the dress closes with a hidden side zipper. I see a bit of grubbiness here and there near the hem.
- Tagged a vintage Versace 42.
- Excellent condition
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 64" from top of shoulder to shortest part of the hem, 71" to the longest
Slit: 35" from the front hem up
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML
Item# DD5180
Reference Photos: Tracee Ellis Ross at the Vanity Fair Oscars Party, 2019.
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- A fabulous dress from the late 1990s
- Made under the creative direction of Gianni Versace
- The dress is very sexy with its cut out and made of a stretch fabric that hugs and shapes the body.
- The colour is a bright chartreuse that is just exceptional.
- There is light padding in each shoulder, and this holds the dress and gives it a tapered field to the waist.
- It skims over the body and then is gathered in a long, one side all the way around. The other side has been left open and is meant to drape down on the top of one hip. This leaves a bear exposed cut out on that side that wraps around to the back.
- The fabric has been gathered under the hip on that side, and then the skirt falls from narrowing down as it reaches the ham.
- There is a high slit on one side that goes right to the bottom of the gathering on the hip and there is a little quirky gathering on the opposite side to that sitting several inches above the hem.
- All of these gatherings and cut out give it a really sculptural feel around the body.
- It's fully lined in a more Matt version of the same stretch material. The fabric does have stretch so the measurement below or the comfortable range when the dress is laying flat. It has no closures and slips on to wear.
- Tagged a vintage Versace 38
- Excellent condition
Bust: 16.5-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 13" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 56.5" from waist to hem
Slit: 33" but wraps over itself near the top
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML
Item# DD5117
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1990s Gianni Versace Pale Pastel Salmon Silk Crepe Wrapped Bodice & Bare Back Dress
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- Circa late 1990s
- Under the creative direction of Gianni Versace
- A muted pastel salmon colour that is more pastel feeling in real life than how it photoed here
- The dress has a wide gathered band around the waist and a piece that is attached and loops in and behind one of the panels that form the top
- The panels are one piece of fabric that loops around the neck and the down to attach into the waist. You cross it over itself so that it goes behind the neck. You can then wear them high up on the shoulder or have it cape and fall over the upper arm.
- This leaves your entire back open and exposed
- The skirt has an inner piece that acts a partial lining. The outer skirt drapes over that and forms those interesting pocket like pieces on each hip. It then drapes inwards and down to the hem with a centre slit up both the front and back of the skirt
- It is a very interesting and an avant garde design
- The bodice is made of two layers of the same fabric and the skirt has a partial lining through the hips and the rest of the skirt is unlined.
- Tag a vintage Versace 42
- Excellent condition
Bust: each panel is 11" flat across from side to side
Waist: to 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: adjust depending on how you twist to wear it
Total length: approx 62" from neck to hem
Slits: approx 25" from the longest point of the hem to the top of the slit
Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG
Item# DD5037
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This set is from Spring 2002 and it is fabulous. On the runway this print was shown throughout the first part of the show and the jacket and pant that make up the set were shown separately. I love that this gives you some styling ideas when you don't want to wear them together as the full set. The book Versace:Catwalk noted that Donatella's "graphic floral prints echoed Andy Warhol's multi huge floral paintings as did the backdrop". I love that.
This two piece set combines a beautifully cut jacket with pants that are beaded from the knee down. I always love a suit because of the ability this gives you to mix and match the pieces with things you already own. The incredible floral print give the suit this incredible rock 'n' roll feel. The jacket is tailored with a sleek cut that follows the curves of the body. It has no collar and the sleeves are long with a notch opening up each wrist. A series of tightly spaced, hidden set, hook and eye close the jacket at the front. It comes in at the waist a touch for shape and is meant to follow the curves of the body, but without being too tight. The floral print that covers the jacket is spectacular to see. The fabric of the jacket is an almost canvas feeling cotton mix with a slight texture that gives the perfect backdrop to the print. The pants are made of a super light in weight stretch fabric that lets the pants hug the body like a second skin. There is a small band at the waist that is meant to flip inwards and then nothing else to break the eye as they fall in a fairly straight boot cut to the floor. From about the knee down the floral print is covered in matching coloured beads and sequins. These catch the light terrifically as you move. It is fabulous and a great little piece of fashion history. Excellent condition
The jacket is lined in an ivory Versace logo embossed fabric and hooks to close at the front. The pants are unlined and close with a back zipper. Padding in each shoulder of the jacket. Both pieces appear to have been worn very little if at all. The pants are tagged a 42 and the jacket has no size tag present. The hips of the pants have some stretch and the comfortable range is given in the measurements below.
Jacket
Sleeves: 24" and each arm is 14" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15.5"
Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bottom seam: 17.5 flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 23" from neck to hem
Pants
Waist: to 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 40" from waist to hem with 2" turned under the hem
Inseam: 31.25" and the gusset is 14" from back of waist to inner leg seam
Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED
Item# DD4895
Reference Photos/Video: (1-9) Spring 2002 Versace (Look 9 (jacket) & Look 51 (pants)). / (10) From the book "Versace: Catwalk". / (11) Spring 2002 Versace Ad Campaign by Steven Meisel.
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