• The twin of this three piece set walked the runway for the Spring 2016 Armani collection for the Look 29.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• That was featured in the ad campaign that year and I love how they paired it with a pop of red for that shot.
  
• This was the 40th anniversary of the Armani label and he had only just recently opened up a museum showcasing four decades worth of his designs.
• Pants were a focus of the collection and sets made up almost the entire runway
• I have all three pieces for you today and each is in a different finish.
• The pants have a ribbed finish and a touch of of transparency to them. Parts of the weave have an underlying thatching to give it an almost checked feel and the weave curves in different directions over the pants. Beading, sequins and rhinestones are set to follow the different directions and done in different shades of blue. I love how this gives the pants a subtle pop of glitz.
• The pants have a flat band at the waist, skim over the hips and narrow slightly in at the bottom of each leg. They are cut in a bit of a crop. They are fully lined in a stretch chiffon like fabric and the exterior fabric has a touch of transparency. They are very pretty and unusual.
• The top is a loosely structured squared off shape. It has a neat little collar in a contrasting fabric and that same fabric runs down the front and edges the front hem. The bottom is rounded and there are three buttons at the top, leaving the top to swing open under that. It also has a very distinct texture and I love how the texture is different from the pants.
• The last part of the set is that extraordinary neckpiece. It has a stiffened collar that you wrap around the neck and it snaps into place at the back. At the front there is a large jewelled feeling resin piece. Suspended from that are multiple piped fringes and here again you see yet another texture on the fabric. Rhinestones have been added and it is meant to sit all the way around front to back.
• I love that the three pieces allow you to mix and match any of the elements with things that you already own. Worn together it becomes one of the defining looks of this collection.
• The top is unlined and closes with three buttons at the front. It has a slight sense of transparency. The pants are lined and they also have a touch of transparency but less than the top. They close with a hidden set zipper at the side. The necklace snaps into place at the back of the neck. The fabric of the pants has stretch. All three pieces appeared to have been worn very little at all.
• The pants and top are tagged an Armani 42
• Excellent condition

Top
Sleeves: 23" and are 12" around the upper arm
Slightly inset shoulders: 14"
Bust-waist: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 26" from neck to hem

Neckpiece 
21" around the neck and 35" from the neck to the longest of the fringes

Pants
Waist: 12.5-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 19-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 36" from waist to hem
Inseam: 25" and the gusset is 15" from the back of the waist to the inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5361

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2016 Giorgio Armani, Look 29. Model Baya Kolarikova.  /  (5) Spring 2016 Giorgio Armani Ad Campaign.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this dress and it's matching shawl walked the Fall 2008 Armani runway for look 48
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• Armani called the show 'free spirited' in his notes and in the review that Vogue did they noted that "he really poured it on at night, tossing cobweb, scarfs, and wraps over nearly everyone of his dresses."
• This is the full set as seen on the runway, comprising of a one shoulder dress with its matching highly detailed wrap.
• The dress is primarily made out of an inky black velvet and then the strap and front of the bodice are made out of a black crepe. The wrap is made out of a black velvet with various types of cording running over it surface.
• The dress has all of the sleek feel that you look for in the best of his work. A strap extends out from the bodice and curves up and over the shoulder, running on an angle past the neck. It curves down the back where it widens out before attaching to the back bodice. The bodice is shaped around you and then a seam runs underneath where it changes to black velvet for the rest of the dress.
• The waist is brought in with subtle darting and then it curves out and over the hips to fall to the floor, widening out as it near the hem.
• It is the perfect sleek silhouette that you expect from Armani.
• Over that is an elaborate shawl to give contrast to all that simplicity. It is a huge square of velvet that is backed in a matte silk finish fabric. Onto the velvet are different widths of cording and net ribbon. It is interesting that  ribbon parts are what you would normally use as interfacing inside the garment. For this piece he has taken that and put it on the outside.
• Long fringes dangle off with sequins and elongated oval beads covered in black fabric at their ends. Cording has been made into flowers and held in place by oversized faceted black beads.
• I love that the two pieces let you mix and match with other things in your wardrobe.
• The dress is fully lined in a black silky finish fabric through the bodice and crepe through the skirt. It closes with a hidden set zipper at one side. The original tags are still attached. It has never been worn.
• Tagged a vintage Armani 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam and the seam under the bust is 15.5" across side to side.
Natural waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 12.5" from top of shoulder to seam under the bus
Total length: 61" from top of shoulder to hem
Wrap: 54" long x 22.5" wide and the fringes stand up to another 25" at each individual end.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5355

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2008 Giorgio Armani, Look 48.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 2005 Gorgio Armani collection for the Look 88.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
  
• This is from his main label and its twin was also a part of the ad campaign that year.
• Armani showed no full length dresses for this collection. The twin of this dress was part of the final leg of the show where he sent down a series of crystal and sequin embellished dresses done in this shorter length for evening.
  
• The base fabric of the dress is an inky black velvet which gives the beading and sequins added on top of it a luxurious background.
• It is suspended from the shoulder by tiny black silk piping for straps and this is also used to finish the edge of the upper bodice.
• The front neck line is scooped and the back scoops into a wide cut shallow V. I love how this leaves a bare expanse of skin around the upper shoulders.
• It skims over the bust and is cut generously around the waist for a easy to fit feel.
• From under the waist it curves out over the hips all the way to the hem. The hem is so interesting because the velvet has been pulled under and attached to the inner lining to create an almost a bubble feel. Where the two fabrics meet there is hidden elastic so that you can walk. You get a better sense of this in the runway photos and video. It is not a true bubble hem but it is a very subtle sleek version of one.
• Applied onto the dress is an intricate pattern done to suggest a flowers covering the entire dress. Each flower is made from a series of multiple size tube beads that have sequins stacked within the pattern these form. The sequins are set on their sides and stacked tightly together to have a very 3D feel. Scattered between the flowers are little lines of gold and silver tube beads that create a sense of movement over the dress.
• I have taken close-ups of the extraordinary amount of bead-work that has been done to make these. It is really exquisite hand workmanship.
• The dress is fully lined in fine black silk crepe and it closes with a hidden side side zipper. It appears to have been worn very little at all.
• Tagged a vintage Armani 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15.25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 42" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5322

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Fall 2005 Giorgio Armani, Look 88.  /  (5) Erin Wasson for the Fall 2005 Giorgio Armani Ad Campaign photographed by Craig McDean.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this set is from the 1998-1999 season.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• We have included several photos from both the Fall 1998 and Fall 1999 collections. In both these collections Armani used similar bead work that you see on this set. The runway examples are shown displaying this similarity.
• Early Armani at this level has become extremely collectible and this is a beautiful and versatile two piece set from those early days.
• The extensively beaded pieces that Armani  was producing during this time period were on par with demi-couture with prices to match even then. 
• This is actually a set combining a skirt with its beaded & sequinned wrap top. I love the versatility that having two pieces gives you. It can be worn together or mixed and matched with existing pieces in your wardrobe.
• The top is beautiful and easy to wear. It has no collar and the shoulders are soft. Each sleeve is cut slightly wider where it inserts into the bodice and then narrows slightly down to the ends.
• At the front it wraps over itself with a hidden set snap to hold the V in place. Long ties extend out from either side of the base of the wrap. These cross over each other, wrap around you  and then you tie the tie in place to hold it.
• I love how the bottom hem is slightly gathered to give a bit of a blousing over effect. This is a signature look from his work that I love.
• Onto the exterior of the top is a heavy covering of tiny red iridescent sequins and each sequin is held in place by the topping of a single little red bead. The workmanship on it is phenomenal and I love how this lets the top catch the light from every angle.
• In contrast to drama of the top, the skirt is kept simple. It is made out of a beautiful red silk. The waist is banded and then it skims over the hips and flares out quite a bit as it near the hem. A high seam follows an inset vertical slit so you get a flash of bare leg as you walk.
• This is a phenomenal set and the craftsmanship on it is just outstanding.
• The top is hand lined in a red silk chiffon with a hidden set snap in the V and attached ties at the waist. The skirt closes with a hidden set side zipper and is lined in a red silk. About 5" of the very top of the slit on the skirt have been hand tacked closed. If you wanted that extra opening of the slit it would be easy to un-tack it. 
• The skirt is tagged a vintage Armani 42 and the top a 40
• Excellent condition

Top
Sleeves: 23" and are 15" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam and can be adjusted up or down by the ties.
Total length: 17.5" from neck to hem

Skirt
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 41.5" from waist to hem
Slit: 24" from hem up with an additional 5" tacked shut at the top that could be opened.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5307

Reference Photos: (1-2) Fall 1998 Giorgio Armani.  /  (3-4) Fall 1999 Giorgio Armani.  /  (5) Fall 1999 Giorgio Armani Ad Campaign.  /  (6) From the exhibit "Giorgio Armani: A Retrospective" at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 2009 Emporio collection for the Look 91 which was the final look of the show.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• Armani had launched this new addition to his brand lineup just two seasons before this collection and had gotten Beyoncé to be in the first commercial that launched the fragrance that went along with it.
• Models walked out barefoot to show the final collection of the full length evening pieces and the twin of this dress was the final look in the show.
• The dress is made out of a synthetic fabric that has a touch of a metal worked into it. This has allowed him to make the fabric have an almost crumpled, lightly crinkled feel to it that adds an amazing texture over the entire dress.
• It combines three shades of purple. A light, more lavender colour or the bodice, the metal is a dusty deeper purple, and the bottom portion of the dress is a very pale purple. All three panels have a slight iridescent finish to them so as the light and shadows catch the texture in the pattern, the colour changes in deep and slightly in the shadows.
• The front neck line is scooped and the fabric is gathered into it with top stitched please that are left deliberately uneven at the top around the neckline. Straps curve over your shoulder from there to meet and button behind the neck so that they are angled around the back of your arm and up to the neck. The back scoops down lower. and I love how this leaves a bare expanse of skin from mid-back to the neck.
• It skims over the bust and widens out around the waist for a easy to fit feel.
• From under the waist it continues to widen out over the hips all the way to the hem. This makes it very easy to fit and is very flattering once on.
• Applied onto the dress are eight beautifully beaded and sequin butterflies. Three larger ones have been placed around the bodice and then the rest are scattered down the dress from there, circling around you.
• I have taken close-ups of the extraordinary amount of bead-work that has been done to make up these butterflies. Their little rounded bodies and heads come fully off the fabric and I especially love that that their little antennas are also done in a way so that they sit up and off the fabric and then are tacked back down at the end of their antennas.. The largest butterfly at the very top near the strap has the antennas fully off the fabric.
• The dress is fully lined in pale purple silky feeling fabric and it closes with a hidden side side zipper. It appears to have been worn very little at all.
• Tagged a vintage Armani 38
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 56" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5271

Reference Photo/Video: Spring 2009 Emporio Armani, Look 91 Finale. 

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this three piece set walked the runway for the Spring 2016 Armani collection for the Look 29.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• That was featured in the ad campaign that year and I love how they paired it with a pop of red for that shot.
  
• This was the 40th anniversary of the Armani label and he had only just recently opened up a museum showcasing four decades worth of his designs.
• Pants were a focus of the collection and sets made up almost the entire runway
• I have all three pieces for you today and each is in a different finish.
• The pants have a ribbed finish and a touch of of transparency to them. Parts of the weave have an underlying thatching to give it an almost checked feel and the weave curves in different directions over the pants. Beading, sequins and rhinestones are set to follow the different directions and done in different shades of blue. I love how this gives the pants a subtle pop of glitz.
• The pants have a flat band at the waist, skim over the hips and narrow slightly in at the bottom of each leg. They are cut in a bit of a crop. They are fully lined in a stretch chiffon like fabric and the exterior fabric has a touch of transparency. They are very pretty and unusual.
• The top is a loosely structured squared off shape. It has a neat little collar in a contrasting fabric and that same fabric runs down the front and edges the front hem. The bottom is rounded and there are three buttons at the top, leaving the top to swing open under that. It also has a very distinct texture and I love how the texture is different from the pants.
• The last part of the set is that extraordinary neckpiece. It has a stiffened collar that you wrap around the neck and it snaps into place at the back. At the front there is a large jewelled feeling resin piece. Suspended from that are multiple piped fringes and here again you see yet another texture on the fabric. Rhinestones have been added and it is meant to sit all the way around front to back.
• I love that the three pieces allow you to mix and match any of the elements with things that you already own. Worn together it becomes one of the defining looks of this collection.
• The top is unlined and closes with three buttons at the front. It has a slight sense of transparency. The pants are lined and they also have a touch of transparency but less than the top. They close with a hidden set zipper at the side. The necklace snaps into place at the back of the neck. The fabric of the pants has stretch. All three pieces appeared to have been worn very little at all.
• The pants and top are tagged an Armani 42
• Excellent condition

Top
Sleeves: 23" and are 12" around the upper arm
Slightly inset shoulders: 14"
Bust-waist: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 26" from neck to hem

Neckpiece 
21" around the neck and 35" from the neck to the longest of the fringes

Pants
Waist: 12.5-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 19-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 36" from waist to hem
Inseam: 25" and the gusset is 15" from the back of the waist to the inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5361

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2016 Giorgio Armani, Look 29. Model Baya Kolarikova.  /  (5) Spring 2016 Giorgio Armani Ad Campaign.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this dress and it's matching shawl walked the Fall 2008 Armani runway for look 48
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• Armani called the show 'free spirited' in his notes and in the review that Vogue did they noted that "he really poured it on at night, tossing cobweb, scarfs, and wraps over nearly everyone of his dresses."
• This is the full set as seen on the runway, comprising of a one shoulder dress with its matching highly detailed wrap.
• The dress is primarily made out of an inky black velvet and then the strap and front of the bodice are made out of a black crepe. The wrap is made out of a black velvet with various types of cording running over it surface.
• The dress has all of the sleek feel that you look for in the best of his work. A strap extends out from the bodice and curves up and over the shoulder, running on an angle past the neck. It curves down the back where it widens out before attaching to the back bodice. The bodice is shaped around you and then a seam runs underneath where it changes to black velvet for the rest of the dress.
• The waist is brought in with subtle darting and then it curves out and over the hips to fall to the floor, widening out as it near the hem.
• It is the perfect sleek silhouette that you expect from Armani.
• Over that is an elaborate shawl to give contrast to all that simplicity. It is a huge square of velvet that is backed in a matte silk finish fabric. Onto the velvet are different widths of cording and net ribbon. It is interesting that  ribbon parts are what you would normally use as interfacing inside the garment. For this piece he has taken that and put it on the outside.
• Long fringes dangle off with sequins and elongated oval beads covered in black fabric at their ends. Cording has been made into flowers and held in place by oversized faceted black beads.
• I love that the two pieces let you mix and match with other things in your wardrobe.
• The dress is fully lined in a black silky finish fabric through the bodice and crepe through the skirt. It closes with a hidden set zipper at one side. The original tags are still attached. It has never been worn.
• Tagged a vintage Armani 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam and the seam under the bust is 15.5" across side to side.
Natural waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 12.5" from top of shoulder to seam under the bus
Total length: 61" from top of shoulder to hem
Wrap: 54" long x 22.5" wide and the fringes stand up to another 25" at each individual end.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5355

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2008 Giorgio Armani, Look 48.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 2005 Gorgio Armani collection for the Look 88.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
  
• This is from his main label and its twin was also a part of the ad campaign that year.
• Armani showed no full length dresses for this collection. The twin of this dress was part of the final leg of the show where he sent down a series of crystal and sequin embellished dresses done in this shorter length for evening.
  
• The base fabric of the dress is an inky black velvet which gives the beading and sequins added on top of it a luxurious background.
• It is suspended from the shoulder by tiny black silk piping for straps and this is also used to finish the edge of the upper bodice.
• The front neck line is scooped and the back scoops into a wide cut shallow V. I love how this leaves a bare expanse of skin around the upper shoulders.
• It skims over the bust and is cut generously around the waist for a easy to fit feel.
• From under the waist it curves out over the hips all the way to the hem. The hem is so interesting because the velvet has been pulled under and attached to the inner lining to create an almost a bubble feel. Where the two fabrics meet there is hidden elastic so that you can walk. You get a better sense of this in the runway photos and video. It is not a true bubble hem but it is a very subtle sleek version of one.
• Applied onto the dress is an intricate pattern done to suggest a flowers covering the entire dress. Each flower is made from a series of multiple size tube beads that have sequins stacked within the pattern these form. The sequins are set on their sides and stacked tightly together to have a very 3D feel. Scattered between the flowers are little lines of gold and silver tube beads that create a sense of movement over the dress.
• I have taken close-ups of the extraordinary amount of bead-work that has been done to make these. It is really exquisite hand workmanship.
• The dress is fully lined in fine black silk crepe and it closes with a hidden side side zipper. It appears to have been worn very little at all.
• Tagged a vintage Armani 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15.25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 42" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5322

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Fall 2005 Giorgio Armani, Look 88.  /  (5) Erin Wasson for the Fall 2005 Giorgio Armani Ad Campaign photographed by Craig McDean.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this set is from the 1998-1999 season.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• We have included several photos from both the Fall 1998 and Fall 1999 collections. In both these collections Armani used similar bead work that you see on this set. The runway examples are shown displaying this similarity.
• Early Armani at this level has become extremely collectible and this is a beautiful and versatile two piece set from those early days.
• The extensively beaded pieces that Armani  was producing during this time period were on par with demi-couture with prices to match even then. 
• This is actually a set combining a skirt with its beaded & sequinned wrap top. I love the versatility that having two pieces gives you. It can be worn together or mixed and matched with existing pieces in your wardrobe.
• The top is beautiful and easy to wear. It has no collar and the shoulders are soft. Each sleeve is cut slightly wider where it inserts into the bodice and then narrows slightly down to the ends.
• At the front it wraps over itself with a hidden set snap to hold the V in place. Long ties extend out from either side of the base of the wrap. These cross over each other, wrap around you  and then you tie the tie in place to hold it.
• I love how the bottom hem is slightly gathered to give a bit of a blousing over effect. This is a signature look from his work that I love.
• Onto the exterior of the top is a heavy covering of tiny red iridescent sequins and each sequin is held in place by the topping of a single little red bead. The workmanship on it is phenomenal and I love how this lets the top catch the light from every angle.
• In contrast to drama of the top, the skirt is kept simple. It is made out of a beautiful red silk. The waist is banded and then it skims over the hips and flares out quite a bit as it near the hem. A high seam follows an inset vertical slit so you get a flash of bare leg as you walk.
• This is a phenomenal set and the craftsmanship on it is just outstanding.
• The top is hand lined in a red silk chiffon with a hidden set snap in the V and attached ties at the waist. The skirt closes with a hidden set side zipper and is lined in a red silk. About 5" of the very top of the slit on the skirt have been hand tacked closed. If you wanted that extra opening of the slit it would be easy to un-tack it. 
• The skirt is tagged a vintage Armani 42 and the top a 40
• Excellent condition

Top
Sleeves: 23" and are 15" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam and can be adjusted up or down by the ties.
Total length: 17.5" from neck to hem

Skirt
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 41.5" from waist to hem
Slit: 24" from hem up with an additional 5" tacked shut at the top that could be opened.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5307

Reference Photos: (1-2) Fall 1998 Giorgio Armani.  /  (3-4) Fall 1999 Giorgio Armani.  /  (5) Fall 1999 Giorgio Armani Ad Campaign.  /  (6) From the exhibit "Giorgio Armani: A Retrospective" at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2003.

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.

• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 2009 Emporio collection for the Look 91 which was the final look of the show.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• Armani had launched this new addition to his brand lineup just two seasons before this collection and had gotten Beyoncé to be in the first commercial that launched the fragrance that went along with it.
• Models walked out barefoot to show the final collection of the full length evening pieces and the twin of this dress was the final look in the show.
• The dress is made out of a synthetic fabric that has a touch of a metal worked into it. This has allowed him to make the fabric have an almost crumpled, lightly crinkled feel to it that adds an amazing texture over the entire dress.
• It combines three shades of purple. A light, more lavender colour or the bodice, the metal is a dusty deeper purple, and the bottom portion of the dress is a very pale purple. All three panels have a slight iridescent finish to them so as the light and shadows catch the texture in the pattern, the colour changes in deep and slightly in the shadows.
• The front neck line is scooped and the fabric is gathered into it with top stitched please that are left deliberately uneven at the top around the neckline. Straps curve over your shoulder from there to meet and button behind the neck so that they are angled around the back of your arm and up to the neck. The back scoops down lower. and I love how this leaves a bare expanse of skin from mid-back to the neck.
• It skims over the bust and widens out around the waist for a easy to fit feel.
• From under the waist it continues to widen out over the hips all the way to the hem. This makes it very easy to fit and is very flattering once on.
• Applied onto the dress are eight beautifully beaded and sequin butterflies. Three larger ones have been placed around the bodice and then the rest are scattered down the dress from there, circling around you.
• I have taken close-ups of the extraordinary amount of bead-work that has been done to make up these butterflies. Their little rounded bodies and heads come fully off the fabric and I especially love that that their little antennas are also done in a way so that they sit up and off the fabric and then are tacked back down at the end of their antennas.. The largest butterfly at the very top near the strap has the antennas fully off the fabric.
• The dress is fully lined in pale purple silky feeling fabric and it closes with a hidden side side zipper. It appears to have been worn very little at all.
• Tagged a vintage Armani 38
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 56" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5271

Reference Photo/Video: Spring 2009 Emporio Armani, Look 91 Finale. 

All items are thoroughly checked over before shipping. Unless noted everything in our shop has been professionally cleaned. All sales are final. Overseas clients will be emailed to obtain agreement to our final sales policy before the order is shipped as per our return policy.