• The pair behind the La Mendola label met in Rome in 1960 and started their business making dresses and selling them one by one, piece by piece. In 1967 they opened a shop. They soon had a Hollywood following and mega stars like Elizabeth Taylor and Rita Hayworth become regular clients who were buying and even wait-listing for pieces as they were produced. They made all of the pieces in their ateliers and designed their own prints. Clients would be sent swatches of the season's available prints and then they would place their orders. They were highly sought after by the jet set crowd. Their pieces travelled extremely well and the colours they used were beautiful. Their atelier closed in 1974.
• In the past I had one of their dresses come into the shop and the original owner of that dress had kept the fabric swatch options for the 1972 season along with her correspondence with the atelier. They named all of their prints. I kept a digital copy of it which I have added here and it is very similar to the green turquoise print in those swatches.
• The fabric that they used for their pieces were very high end chiffons and jerseys and this dress is made from one of those silk jerseys combined with a hand beaded silk chiffon.
• These fabrics were prized for their ability to take colour and print and the jumpsuit is as bright and vibrant as when it was first made. 
• This was almost certainly a custom piece and is most likely a one-of-a-kind.
• The green and blues used in the print are gorgeous and it is even better in person then how it photoed.
• At first glance you appear to be wearing a dress but it does actually have a jumpsuit underneath that top overlay.
• Everything falls from one shoulder which leaves the other shoulder bare. There is a long sleeve on one side and the sleeve is made out of a silk chiffon. The entire sleeve is been hand covered in beads.
• The overlay is attached around the neck and has an opening for the sleeve to come out of and then it falls over the inner jumpsuit all the way to the floor. It is split on both sides so that when you walk you really see the legs of the jumpsuit underneath.
• The overlay is made out of two layers of silk chiffon printed in the same fabric as the rest of the piece and then the outer layer is completely hand beaded. The beading is dense and covers the entire overlay. It would be astonishing to know how many hours this took.
• The jumpsuit underneath has a simple cut that skims over you and goes past the waist and over the hips. The pant legs widen out as they near their hem and each is a full 28" around the bottom hem.
• The inner jumpsuit is made out of a silk jersey that has some stretch, so it is very comfortable and easy to wear
• Unlined and both the inner jumpsuit and the outer overlay close with their own zippers. There is also a zipper at the cuff of the sleeve.
• Hand finished throughout. Tagged a vintage La Mendela 8. The measurements given are the comfortable stretch when laid out flat. The photo of the swatches is from that previous dress. The actual swatch card is not included. 
• There is the occasional bead missing here and there but overall excellent condition.

Sleeve: 24" and is 11" around the upper arm
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12.5-15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 20-24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 56" from top of shoulder to hem
Inseam: 32"
Torso: 29" from top of shoulder to inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5105

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• This is from Spring 1974 collection and we found a very similar dress on the runway so you can see how fabulous this is once on.
• Pauline Trigere launched her label in 1942. She was from Paris and moved to the US in 1937. That early French influence showed throughout her career. In 1949 she was awarded her first Coty award. She won it again in both 1951 and 1959. The 1959 win coincided with being inducted into the Coty Fashion Hall of Fame. She was a pioneer in the use of cottons and wool for evening and her work with silks is wonderful.
  
• This is the kind of piece that you only find in vintage because they just could not make things at this level anymore. The price would be too cost prohibitive.
• The dress is made from what feels like a cotton/silk gazaar mix that has a beautiful and bright floral design done over the entire dress. 
  
• Onto that are hundreds of hand set, prong set, glass rhinestones in various sizes. Larger ones edge the collar and cuffs and then more are scattered over the entire dress in that same larger size along with smaller sized crystals.
• These catch the light from every angle and it is just incredible to see.
  
• The collar is pointed and sits more on the shoulders and the first button at the front sits slightly low so you get a pretty V at the front. From there it falls in a more sheath feel and slightly widen out as it near the hem. If you wanted more shape you could easily add a belt so it has more of the feel of the runway photo.
• It buttons to close down the front with a series of rhinestone buttons. Each cuff closes with two more rhinestone buttons.
• Fully lined in a nude silk chiffon. All of the rhinestones are hand set. Proper finished button holes.
• The very last rhinestone button at the front is missing and there is some slight grubbiness / darkening to the inside of the collar. Otherwise excellent condition

Sleeves: 24" and are 12" around the upper arm
Slightly dropped shoulders: 17"
Bust: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 54" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5099

Reference Photo: Spring 1974 Pauline Trigere.

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• In 1951, a 27 year old James Galanos launched his first label called Galanos Originals. By 1954 he had won a Coty award and the Neiman Marcus award.
• His ready-to-wear line was made close to couture standards and with a level of craftsmanship that was on par with the French couturiers. He was truly one of the great American designers and his work is held in all of the major museums around the world.
• This is a dress that is extremely well made with a very high level of construction techniques.
• The dress is made from two types of lace that contrast against each other.
• The dress falls from lace straps that curve up and over each shoulder. It dips down at the front and the back is scooped to leave a bare expanse of skin. It skims over the bust to the slight empire cut waist. The waist is generous and the lines of the dress are stunning.
• The bodice is covered with a beautiful black lace with a second layer of lace on top of the nude silk lining underneath so you get a little bit of extra depth to the pattern that you see.
• The skirt is made out of a heavy corded silk lace. The cording is also a clever way to help to shape the skirt so beautifully. The skirt curves out and over the hips and then widens out to the hem.
• The top lace layer sits over a deep green silk inner skirt. Having the deep moss green underneath highlights the cord and lace more than adding just a black under skirt would have. The silk underneath also helps to hold the fuller shape the skirt has.
• The workmanship on this dress is exquisite and to demi-couture standards.
• Lined in a nude silk through the bodice and the inner piece of the skirt is backed in a black silk organza. It closes with a back zipper. Hand finishes throughout.
• Excellent condition.

Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: 15.5" across
Hips: open
Bodice: 12.5" from top of shoulder to seam under the bust
Total length: 52" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD4843

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• The near twin of this dress in a green walked the runway for Look 49 on Jessica Stam for the Dior cruise 2009 show.
• Made under the creative direction of John Galliano
• It is my understanding that this version with its gorgeous bead work was a special edition piece that was only sold in some locations and on a limited basis. The runway pieces that season were based lightly on Poiret and Paris of the past, and for production there was a group of more refined and elegant pieces like this wonderful dress.
• The Vogue report on the collection noted that:"Galliano has been mining the good old U.S. of A. for raw material from which to spin his dreams....grandes dames like Barbara Hutton, Millicent Rogers, and Nan Kempner—women who weren't afraid to make a bold sartorial statement, one that preferably involved a whopping piece of jewelry. From a shimmering backdrop that conjured a Tony Duquette garden, there emerged a full wardrobe for their modern-day counterparts in Palm Beach, Beverly Hills, and Dallas.... What this season is really about is not so much breaking the mold as delivering a vision of the good life—and Galliano can do that in spades."
• This is a wonderfully easy dress to wear and very flattering once on.
• There is an inner silk sheath dress and then a layer of silk chiffon floats over that. This top layer is what gives the dress it's caftan feel.
• The neckline is scooped across with a wide and extensive bib of beads that follows the entire neckline all the way around.
• Extending out from that edging you see a beautiful design trailing down the front, across the shoulders and around to the back. The design combines little pewter seed beads with black tube beads, silver beads and black tone flat large sequins with a mirror like finish.
• The top layer of the dress has vertical seaming around the waist area that brings it in and gives it some added shape. Under that, the dress falls to the floor and the hem opens out. The top chiffon layer runs over the entire dress to the floor.
• From the front you have a more fitted shape through the body at the centre and then at the back it is full and open like a true caftan over the inner dress.
• The movement and drama this creates is extraordinary. When you walk and move the dress billows out and floats around you.
• Fully lined in a blue matching silk  and closes with a back zipper.
• Tagged a Dior FR42, GB14, IT46, US10
• Excellent condition

Inner bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: to 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner lining at hips: 19-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 56" from top of the shoulder to the hem 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5095

Reference Photo: Cruise 2009 Christian Dior, Look 49. Model Jessica Stam.

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• From the Spring 2020 collection and that was featured in the Spring Look Book for clients.
• Made under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli 
  
• It is incredibly beautiful and it would make an amazing wedding dress for the bride looking for a non-traditional choice or as an alternative dress in a more extended wedding celebration. And of course it could also be worn to any event.
• The original retail on this was just over $14,000 US because of the extensive hand applied sequins.
• It comes with its original inner ivory silk slip that allows it to be opaque enough to be worn.
• The outer dress is worn over that and is made from a double layer of a white netting that has that amazing sequin design applied over its surface.
• The neckline is scooped, and the dress falls in a shift shape over the body. The lower skirt flares out slightly following and the vertical designs done in sequins that circle around the hem emphasize the hem.
• The sleeves are long and end in sequin finished cuffs. They are cut to balloon out above the cuff and I love this little added detail.
• The sequins are extensive and have been applied over the entire dress. I have taken many close-up shots for you to see how beautiful it is. They mix a iridescent ivory sequins with gold sequins to form the pattern that you see. There are also tiny little muted gold seed beads that create part of the pattern, including the ribbon of the leafs. And the larger flowers have tiny pink and pale, lavender bead set in and among the design. It is incredible.
• Because so much of the dress has those sequins applied onto it, the dress catches the light perfectly from every angle, and every angle but you view the dress from is absolutely stunning.
• The inner slip has no closures and slips over the head to wear. The back top seam of the slip is finished with an elastic for an easy fit and added comfort.
• The outer dress slips over that and closes at the back with a hidden set zipper. Each cuff has four buttons to close.
• Tagged a modern Valentino 42 on both pieces and both have their proper Valentino tags.
• I seen one teeny tiny catch in the net near the zipper but it's extremely minor and just mentioned for accuracy.
• Excellent condition

Outer dress
Sleeves: 25" and are 14" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 17"
Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 32" from top of shoulder to hem

Inner slip
Bust: 16-18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 32" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5091

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• A very rare piece from the Spring 1999 collection.
• Made under the creative direction of John Galliano
• For this show the Dior Catwalk book noted that "Galliano took a trip on the Trans-Siberian railway and drew inspiration from Russian avant-garde as well as the Chinese red army."
• You can see the influence of that in this jacket with its cut and curving crossed over cut. When you look closely at that wide band that edges the jacket you see little Chinese motifs embroidered in a raised pattern on the silk. 
  
• The way the body of the jacket is textured is also a nod to that same heritage and the three frog knots that sit just under the neckline add to that beautifully.
• The jacket has a beautiful curving cut to it that comes in at the waist and then flares out over the top of the hip.
• The ends of the capped sleeves have been brought back in and under themselves so they have a bit of a puffed feel.
• I love the way the collar of the jacket is set to slightly come up and off the skin to frame the neck. Those three soft frog knots at the base of the opening are absolutely stunning.
• It is fully lined in a black silk and beautifully made.
• It closes under the curving edge at the front with hidden set snaps and then the frog knots close over that. Light padding in each shoulder for shaping.
• A little CD is embroidered into the inner side lining of the jacket and I love this little detail.
• Tagged a Dior FR 38, GB 10, US6
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approx 6-7" and the opening is 14" around
Slightly dropped shoulders: 15.5"
Bust: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 20" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5086

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 1999 Christian Dior.

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• The twin of this dress walk the Fall 2005 runway for Look 45.
• Made under the creative direction of Muccia Prada
• The dress was also the one chosen for the ad campaign that year. It was also shot for Vogue on Selma Hayek. One was worn by Rosamund Pike and Keira Knightley that year as well.
• I think this might be one of my favourite Prada dresses that was ever made.
• The dress is made from a beautiful weight black silk that has a deep red rose print screened onto its surface. The way the screening of the print is done makes it feel like an antique 18th century fabric. The quality is very high.
• The dress has a small neat collar and closes down the side of the front with a hidden set series of silk covered snaps. It skims over you to the waist.
• The edge of the seam where the skirt is set into the waist is left exposed. This is a technique that has become a Prada signature. The skirt falls under that with full gentle, soft pleats worked all the way around. It comes in just slightly at the hem so that it is very flattering on.
• The sleeves are cut to just past the elbow and are cut straight and wide.
• This is an absolutely beautiful dress. It is one of my favourites over her entire career as a designer.
• Fully lined in a black silk and snaps to close down the front with silk covered snaps hidden under the panel. There is also a hidden set side zipper.
• Tagged a Prada 44
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 18" and are 13" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 16" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 42" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5083

Reference Photos/Video: (1-2) Fall 2005 Prada, Look 45.  /  (3) Fall 2005 Prada Ad Campaign by Steven Meisel.  /  (4) Salma Hayek in Prada by Mario Testino for Vogue September 2005.  /  (5) Rosamund Pike at the Toronto Film Festival, 2005.  /  (6) Kiera Knightley, credit unknown.

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• From the Cruise 2019 Chanel collection. It was a shop piece based on the rainbow stripe pieces shown in the collection, most notably Looks 33 and 34.
• Made under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
• In Vogue's review of the show, they noted that "The clothes read both as a sentimental journey around the ’80s, when Lagerfeld began designing for the house, and of the signatures—quilting, tweed, sailor pants, pearls, Scottish cashmeres, camellias—that Gabrielle Chanel brought to fashion in the first place."
• Made out of one of those Scottish cashmeres referenced above and it is exquisite.
• The colour is a pale ivory and then it has a rainbow of soft pastel stripes that form the famous Chanel logo on the front and on each sleeve.
• It slips over the head with ribbing at the collar, cuffs and around the waist.
• It has a slightly cropped feel to it and the sleeves balloon out fantastically over the cuffs
• It has its original Chanel packet with extra yarn inside and appears to be unworn. The colours are even better in person. 
  
• The knit has some stretch and I have put the un-stretched, laying flat measurements below except for the bottom ribbing for which I did the comfortable range when laying flat. 
  
• Tagged a Chanel 34
• Excellent condition

Sleeves from dropped shoulder: 20.5" and are 14" around the upper arm
Dropped shoulders: 19"
Bust: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bottom ribbing: 13-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 19.5" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5075

Reference Photos: Cruise 2019 Chanel, Look 33 & 34.

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• Loris Azzaro who launched his label in 1967. Some of the most beautiful women in the world wore his clothing including Marisa Berenson, Raquel Welch, Jane Birkin, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot and Tina Turner. 
• Made under the creative direction of Loris Azzaro
• The twin of this piece was recently worn by Naomi Watts and that one was also sourced from us. 
• It is an amazing piece that is very versatile. 
• It is made from a beautiful black jersey that has a little bit of weight just due to the sheer amount of it in the cape but is still comfortable and easy-to-wear.
• You just slip it over your shoulders and it drapes in place and ties at the neck.
• A slightly oversized hood extends out from the neck and this addition of the hood gives the perfect amount of detail and drama.
• There is a ton of fabric in the body of the cape so that when you move you get wonderful movement as it floats and billows around you.
• Unlined and drapes over the shoulder to wear and ties at the neck.
• The easy open cut should allow fit just about any size
• Excellent condition

Length: 60" from shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: OSFA

Item# DD5072

Reference Photos: (1-2) Michèle Morgan with Loris Azzaro in his Paris Atelier, 1971.  /  (3-5) Naomi Watts wearing this cape to the Premiere of "Capote vs. The Swans", January 2024.

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• Note that due to new regulations this coat can only ship to a Canadian address or I can remove the feathers for you and it can ship like normal anywhere.
• The pinkish coloured Gucci label denotes this as a custom order piece.
• Made under the creative direction of Alessandro Michele
• The fabric is a black and gold brocade that has pink flowers running through it. Gold thread is part of the floral design and subtly comes through the black portions as well.
• The jacket is a play on a men's smoking jacket and wraps and ties to close with a matching wide black velvet band. Black velvet details the collar and runs all the way down to the hem. A strip of velvet tops each top set over-sized pocket at the front. A wide band of black feathers finish each cuff.
• The pants are easy to fit with elastic around the waist and have full legs with elastic at the hem. This allows you to wear them higher up and cropped or longer. They have pockets on each hip.
• The jacket is fully lined in a floral printed silk finish fabric in a dusty deep pink and the pants are unlined. 
  
• The jacket has a hidden set snaps at the front and then you use the matching velvet band to cinch it in as much as you want.
• The pants close with a front zipper and button at the waist and have elastic for an easy fit. Elastic at each hem. Pockets on each hip.
• The pants are tagged a Gucci 40 and the jacket a 38
• Excellent condition

Jacket
Sleeves: 22" and our 16" around the upper arm
Dropped shoulders: 19"
Bust: to 23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam and can be cinched in with the matching velvet tie belt
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 31.5" from neck to hem

Pants
Waist: 13-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 38" from waist to hem
Inseam: 27" and the gusset is 19" from the back of the waist to the inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5073

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• The twin of this walk the runway for Fall 2017
• The Dsquared2 brand was started by Dean and Dan Canten, identical twins born in Canada. 
• It is gorgeous and manages to be both sleek and simple and yet complete drama at the same time.
• It is made from a very beautiful black silk and cotton mix that has a little bit of weight just due to the sheer amount of it in the cape but is still comfortable and easy-to-wear.
• You just slip it over your shoulders and it drapes in place and ties at the neck.
• The neckline is high and there is a pleated piece of fabric and a little bit of raw edge tulle that runs around the neck.
• A bit of velvet ribbon runs down the centre and this extends out and ties at the neck. That same little pleating detail runs over the shoulder.
• The fabric is flat with little black velvet bouquets of flowers, and this covers the entire cape.
• There's intricate pleading over the shoulders and bands of more pleated fabric that runs just above the knee and then all the way around the hem.
• There is a ton of fabric in the body of the cape so that when you move you get wonderful movement as it floats and billows around you.
  
• Fully lined in a light weight black cotton and drapes over the shoulder to wear and ties at the neck.
  
• It is brand new with its tags still attached and was never worn.
• The easy open cut should allow fit just about any size.
• Excellent condition

Length: 63" from shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: OSFA

Item# DD5074

Reference Photo: Fall 2017 Dsquared Runway.

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• The twin of this numbered jacket walked to the Fall 1995 Dior runway and was worn by supermodel Claudia Schiffer.
• Made under the creative direction of Gianfranco Ferre.
• This is a very pretty little jacket that combines a top stitched salmon pink silk front with a mohair and wool mix knit sleeve and back
• The top stitching at the front runs in vertical rows and the jacket is darted to give it shaped through the waist and hips.
• The sleeves and back of the jacket are a single layer of the mohair mixed with a bit of wool for structure.
• The edges of the jacket and edges of the sleeves are finished with a silk edging.
• The buttons are these elaborate crochet and silk domed affairs and they are quite striking and unique.
• Unlined and closes at the front with the buttons.
• Tagged a vintage Dior 42
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 21" and are 12" around the upper arm
Slightly dropped shoulders: 17"
Bust: 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 23" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5069

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 1995 Christian Dior. Model Claudia Schiffer.

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• The twin of the dress was shown for Look 7 for the Resort 2019 collection
• Made under the creative direction of Wes Gordon
• Wes had been at Herrera for a year at this point but this was his first solo collection for the label.
• This dress was one of the outstanding pieces from the collection and in the Vogue review this look was mentioned specifically saying "On the more freewheeling side of the new developments was a rainbow-striped mink cape that he paired with a rainbow-striped chiffon gown, horizontal in the first case, vertical in the latter. Gordon observed that the look was just this side of camp; what that says is that he’s not afraid of risks."
• Made of a silk chiffon done in a rainbow colours set vertically over the body
• It has a one shoulder silhouette with a silk knot at the top of the shoulder for detail. The silk drapes down and over the bust from there.
• A braided band details the waist and the band is made out of the same silk as the rest of the dress.
• It skims over the hips and flares out towards the floor. The back is cut longer than the front so you get this beautiful sweeping feel behind you. The silk is light and catches the air to move beautifully around you when you move.
• Fully lined in a white silk and closes at the side with a hidden set zipper
• New with tags and never worn
• Modern Herrera size 8
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: 20-23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 14" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 63.5" from top of shoulder to front hem, the back extends another 12" past that

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5068

Reference Photo: Resort 2019 Carolina Herrera, Look 7.

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• This is a rare dress by the designer LaVetta who at the time was noted for being "the only black person designing and marketing her own line" according to a 1979 Ebony article. They also noted that her dresses were over $10,000 in 1979 which was a remarkable number for any designer at that time period.
• Legend has it that it was the scarf dress that relaunched her business after the heyday of the sixties and  Hollywood glamour had ended. Her initial business had died out by 1970. One day a friend showed up in a thrifted dress made out of scarves that she had found in Europe. LaVetta made her own version, a buyer from Neiman Marcus snapped it up, she begged and borrowed money to meet the order and she was back in business. 
• The sleeves are cut wide and full in a way that gives a nod to the kimono sleeve. They are cut to be at the extra full width all the way to their ends.
• Both the back and the front plunge to the seam that sits just under the bust.
  
• The skirt has a full 360 degree sweep. This gives it incredible volume and movement once on.
  
• The scarf printed silk that is used for the dress is very light in weight and the entire dress has the most amazing drape and movement as a result.
• Each of these dresses were unique with no two having the same mix of patterns and colours.
• The bodice is unlined and the skirt has a black inner stretch nylon lining.
• Tagged a medium
• Excellent condition with a couple of tiny pinholes at the base of the blue silk at the front plunge. Extremely minor.

Sleeves: approx 23"
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: variable as there are no defined side seams
Seam under the bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: 20-23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 11.5" from top of the shoulder to the highest point of the seam under the bust
Total length: 59" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5067

Reference Photo: Cherie, Owner of Shrimpton Couture, by Erin Leydon.

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• Arnold Scassi launched  his boutique line in 1984 and it was high end ready-to-wear and very expensive.
  
• The dress has an inner Bergdorf Goodman tag that is dated to 1986.
• The dress is made out of a printed floral silk organza that has a secondary pattern woven through the silk. This gives it a very pretty effect when combined with the bright floral print.
• It is strapless and the silk has been gathered over to one side of the bodice to highlight your curves. The bodice extends past and below the hip.
• The skirt is very full so you get a pretty movement around you when you walk.
• Layers of green silk sit inside the skirt and both the exterior floral layer and the inner lining have stiffened bands built in around the hem to help hold the shape. Between those is a third layer whose bottom is finished with layers of tulle.
• Lightly boned through the bodice and closes with a hidden set side zipper. Hand finishes
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 53" from top of the bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD4314

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• This was one of the most celebrated pieces from the Fall 2015 Chanel show and it's twin walk the runway for Look 89 in the show.
• Made under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
• Its twin has been museum exhibited and it was seen on celebrities and in editorials that season.
• The collection was known as the French Collection and Karl Lagerfeld said that it was "quintessentially French". It was presented in the Brasserie Gabrielle, a fully functioning, specially built French Café for the show.
• In the show this was shown in a look that was a nod to the uniform of a classic French waiter.
• The jacket is made out of a beautiful black tweed that has a gorgeous texture to it. The shoulders are lightly padded but still with a soft shape and are meant to follow the body rather than being a sharp silhouette. The sleeves are long and each ends with a turned up cuff that is top stitched in a white thread.
• That same white top stitching detail follows the collarless neckline and runs all the way down each side of the front. Four top set , functional pockets sit on either side of the front. The jacket closes with three beautiful clear and black enamel Chanel Camillia flower buttons. A smaller version of the same button sits at each cuff.
• Inside it is lined with a Camellia embossed silk lining and has one of the signature Chanel chains running along the inner hem. Beautifully made. 
  
• Tagged a Chanel 38
• The jacket appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Excellent condition.

Sleeves: 21.5" and are 13" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 14.5"
Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 22.5" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5064

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Fall 2015 Chanel, Look 89. Model Heloise Giraud.  /  (5-6) Part of the Uniformity exhibit at The Museum at FIT 2016.  /  (7) Isabelle Huppert at the Chanel Resort 2016 show.  /  (8) Alma Jodorowsky for Vogue Mexico, October 2015.  /  (9) Valeria Bilello, Grazia Italy, December 2015.  /  (10) credit unknown.

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• The twin of the dress walked the runway for the Spring 1997 Chanel show and was worn in that show by supermodel Naomi Campbell.
• Made under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld.
• The models in the show walked down a conveyor belt and the finale was an explosion of sequin dresses in a full range of pastel shades.
• This dress and the other dresses in the finale were all covered in clear sequins and silver metal thread embroidery. Karl told Women's Wear Daily "It's like ice crushed velvet. There are more than 40 different dresses like this in these very fresh very pale colours. It's Summer ice in glacier velvet"
• This is an exceptionally rare and important dress from the collection.
• The velvet that the dress is made out of is has an almost slight neon metallic feel to it but in a subtle way. And instead of being soft, the pile that makes up the velvet is all standing directly straight out from the fabric which gives it a very unusual, almost bouncy, feel
• Clear iridescent sequins that are held in place with metallic silver thread run around the neck, are scattered over the bodice, heavily detail all around the waist and then run down the sides of the dress and are applied densely all the way around the hem.
• The dress has a high neck and the holes for the arms at the side are scooped slightly lower then usual. The waist is defined but more generous and then the dress curves over the hips to flare out slightly at the hem. A slit runs up one side of the hem
  
• The dress is a more pastel bubblegum pink in person then how it photoed.
• Hand finishes throughout and all of the sequin work appears to be applied by hand.
• It closes at the back with a hidden set zipper and three Chanel logo embossed buttons at the back of the neck
• Tagged a Chanel 38
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 11.5" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 57" from top of shoulder to hem with 2.5" turned under
Slit: 18" from hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5062

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 1997 Chanel.

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• Its twin walked the Runway for the Spring 2016 Celine collection for Look 28
• Under the creative direction of Pheobe Philo
  
• A rare and hard to find a piece of Celine history
• Made of a crisp white cotton with black top stitching along the very top curve of each sleeve
• The front neck line is scooped and then the body of the top is boned with the boning that is meant to show all the way around you. It flares out over the hips under that. The sleeves are purposefully rounded and exaggerated to get that fantastic curving feel that you see here.
• It closes with a back zipper
• Tagged a Celine 36
• I see a couple of tiny dots on one sleeve otherwise it appears to have never been worn. 
  
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 12.5"
Shoulders: 14.5"
Bust: 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 12" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 26" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5059

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2016 Celine, Look 28.

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• Its twin walked the Runway for the Spring 2016 Celine collection
• Under the creative direction of Pheobe Philo
  
• The opening looks of the show were all lingerie inspired, including the twin of this dress that walked the runway for Look 4
• The dress is deeply plunged with black lace that covers the breasts. At the back, the lace straps turned into lingerie style adjustable straps.
• It skims past the waist and hips and flares out all around the bottom hem.
• The entire hem is detailed with more of the black lace whose pattern is set up and into the body of the dress
• The fabric that makes up the body of the dress is a silk feeling finish matte satin that has some weight to it. This lets it skim over the body and hold the intended shape.
• The dress is unlined and closes with a back hidden set zipper. The straps at the back are adjustable. The size tag has been removed so please check the measurements below.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 39.5" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5058

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2016 Celine, Look 4.

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• The near twin of this piece walk the runway for Spring 2007 for Look 57
• Made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino
• This is also the actual dress that was worn by Julia Schlaepfer to the recent Amfar gala
• Back in 2007 both Natalia Vodianova and Nicollette Sheridan wore versions of the dress
• It is incredibly beautiful and it would make an amazing wedding dress for the bride looking for a non-traditional choice or as an alternative dress in a more extended wedding celebration. And of course it could also be worn to any event.
• The dress is very light in weight and it is made from a pale pink silk chiffon that is draped beautifully over the dress
• The dress is strapless and the silk is gathered horizontally over and around the bodice. The gathe\rs extends down past the waist and to the top of the hip for a defined hourglass feel. A pretty raw edged panel of silk is attached and wraps around the waist and is tied in a bow at the side.
• The skirt is full and has beautiful movement. Long strips of the same fabric have been set all the way around the skirt to create long vertical ruffles. This creates an amazing movement when you walk.
• The dress is light in weight and absolutely beautifully made.
• Fully lined in a pale pink silk and has an inner corset that zips on its own. Light inner boning. A hidden set side zipper closes the dress over this inner corset
• Perhaps the tiny bit of grubbiness on the edge of the inner bodice but extremely minor. A couple of tiny faint dots in a couple of places. Very minor. One teeny repair near the hem that you would never see. Otherwise excellent condition.

Bust: 15-16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam at the top of the hips: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 9.5" from top of bodice to inner waist, 15" to the seam at the top of the hips
Total length: 56" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5052

Reference Photos/Video: (1-6) Spring 2007 Valentino, Look 57. Model Katarina Ivanovska.  /  (7-10) Julia Schlaepfer in this dress at the Amfar Gala 2024.  /  (11) Natalia Vodianova during The Diner des Tsars, 2007.  /  (12-13) Nicollette Sheridan, 2007.

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• The near twin of the set walked the runway for the Spring 2008 show for Look 33
• Made under the creative direction of John Galliano
• The Spring 2008 show coincided with John Galliano's tenth year with the label and it was Dior's 60th year as a label. John celebrated that by creating pieces based on some of his signature looks through the past decade. 
• It is a set that could perhaps be worn by a bride who is looking for a non-traditional dress or as part of her wedding weekend. It is also an exceptional set for any event and for the Dior collector. 
• Both pieces are a pale pink. The jacket is made out of a crepe with a slight texture and the skirt is done in one of his signature bias cuts with a silk like finish.
• The jacket has soft rounded shoulders. It is brought in at the waist and then the hips curve back out for an hourglass feel. I love the detail with the rhinestones and beads that sit at the front of each shoulder and bring the sides out and back. This is a string nod to pieces from the 1940s. On the back of either hip there is a similar detailing that creates a little bit of a swag and detail at the back of the jacket.
• The skirt is completely cut on the bias and the bottom has inset panels to give it a pretty fluted feel. It has beautiful movement as you move.
  
• Both pieces are fully lined in a pink silk. The jacket buttons to close at the front with fabric covered buttons. The skirt closes with a hidden set side zipper set beside the row of buttons down the side. Light padding in each shoulder
• Both pieces are tagged a FR38, GB10, IT42, US6.
• I see a couple of very faint tiny marks on the skirt otherwise excellent condition

Jacket
Sleeves: approx 21.5" and 11" around the upper arm
Shoulders: no true defined seam
Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 20.5" from neck to hem

Skirt
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 15-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 34.5" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5053

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2008 Christian Dior, Look 43. Model Alexandra Tomlinson.

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• A production piece from Pre-fall 2017 and you can see the same shape dress on Look 49 that was shown for the presentation
• Made under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli 
  
• It is incredibly beautiful and it would make an amazing wedding dress for the bride looking for a non-traditional choice or as an alternative dress in a more extended wedding celebration. And of course it could also be worn to any event.
• The ruffles are created from a pale nude-pink tulle netting that is set in overlapping horizontal rows from top to bottom.
• The dress is suspended from tiny straps that curve up and over each shoulder. The front scoops down into a V and the the upper back is bare.
• The waist curves inwards and the skirt is cut to flare outwards from there. It is very wide and full by the time it reaches the hem. The fabric choice combined with the ruffles helps to give the skirt its structure to keep the volume and shape that you see.
• The edge of each ruffle has been stitched with a different colour thread. This rainbow of colours is a pretty detailing that runs over the entire dress.
• Fully lined in a nude silk and closes with hidden set back zipper
• Tagged a modern Valentino 40
• Excellent condition

Bust: 15-16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 11 " from top of shoulder to seam under the bust
Total length: 61" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5054

Reference Photo: Pre-Fall 2017 Valentino, Look 49.

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 86 that season and was shown on the runway with a black lace top underneath and adorned with added brooches down the front for the Paris-Salzburg Metiers d'Art show.
• Under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
• The Metiers d'Art presentations are always a celebration of the amazing craftsmanship and talent of the Chanel Artisans.
• Vogue stated that "The lace and ribbons and elaborate sleeve details of Winterhalter's portraits of Sissi (Empress Elisabeth of Austria), became part of the Chanel vocabulary in this collection." 
• Black silk straps curve over each shoulder and run around the top edge of the bodice. Three more circle around the bodice for added detail and four bows run prettily down the front.
• Three more rows of the same silk ribbon circle the bottom hem to tie everything together perfectly
• Softly pleated silk chiffon sits between each of the rows on the top of the dress.
• The waist nips in and the skirt is set in soft vertical pleats so that it opens up and has pretty volume by the time it reaches the hem
• The fabric used in the skirt is ultra fine and is almost like a silk gauze. It's has a touch of transparency, and the dress comes with its original silk organza under skirt that's you wear underneath the dress
• The entire hem is edged in another wide panel of the same lace used for the shoulders
• A little silver metal and bead encrusted Chanel logo sits on one hip
• Fully lined through the bodice in a black silk. The skirt is unlined and you wear the matching double layer silk organza underskirt underneath.
• It closes with a back, hidden set zipper and the underskirt closes with its own zipper and hook & eye at the waist
• Tagged a Chanel 36
• Excellent condition

Dress
Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 49" from top of shoulder to hem

Underskirt
Waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 33" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Reference Photos/Video: Pre Fall 2015 Chanel, Look 86. Model Kendall Jenner.

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• The twin of this coat walked the runway for Look 9 for the Fall 2019 runway show on Kaia Gerber
• Under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli
• The Vogue review for this collection touched on Pierpaolos's inspiration for the show saying; "(he is) a man on an intuitive mission to place fashion on a positive plane. 'I feel that people are looking for emotion and dreams—but not distant dreams,' he said today before his ready-to-wear show was about to take to the runway. 'I want to create a community for Valentino. I mean something different from ‘lifestyle,’ which is about owning objects. It’s about people who share values.'"
• It was photoed for editorials and worn on carpets that year
• Made from a beautiful orange wool that is extremely soft to the touch. Dyed feathers to match the colour have been added over the entire coat for an beautiful tactile feel. This also adds incredible movement once on.
• It has an open cocoon type shape that should fit a variety of sizes. It is meant to feel slightly oversized.
• There is a panel of fabric along the inner back hem that has the words "wrap me, free me, see me" done in black beads
• Pockets along each hip
• Unlined and closes with hidden set fabric covered snaps 
  
• Tagged a modern Valentino 36
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approx 19"
Shoulders: no true seams
Bust: 25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 26" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 34" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-RG

Item# DD5047

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Fall 2019 Valentino, Look 9. Model Kaia Gerber.  /  (5) Priyanka Chopra Jonas photographed for Elle UK, August 2019.  /  (6) Phoebe Tonkin for Neiman Marcus, 2019.  /  (7) Naomi Scott at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, 2019.

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In 1968 Ossie Clark was designing his own couture line and also designing pieces for Alice Pollock for her Quorum Boutique. The Radley company approached Alice to find out of she could convince Ossie to design a top of the market collection that they would produce and sell to various boutiques and department stores. Dresses like this were the result of that collaboration. Even with this early version of 'ready to wear' the pieces that were made were still never produced in vast quantities and certainly nowhere near what we think of today as RTW as far as quantities.  I have had the twin of this dress in the shop before and always love finding one of these. It is a classic Ossie design and one of Ossie's most famous and recognizable creations. A version in ivory is held in the Victorian and Albert Museum. Lily Sullivan wore a version and you can see how it is transforms once on the body and especially if you wear it with the buttons left open like she did. Those shots give you a great idea of just how fabulous the dress looks like on.

The design of this dress seems so simple when you see it on a hanger and yet it still retains the flow and drape that he was known for. His signature sexuality that he worked into his pieces is displayed in that ultra low front plunge if you choose to wear it open and buttoned. What I really love about this particular style is the ability to fully button it. When you do, it had an almost puritanical feel and you are fully covered, but somehow he still managed to make even that feel sexual. The buttons have been covered in the same moss crepe as the dress is made from. They run from the top of the neck all the way to the waist so you can control just how plunged it is. An attached tie wraps around and ties to give you some the shape and definition through the waist. The skirt flows from under there to cascade to the ground. It widens out quite a bit by the time it nears the hem and there is a wonderful amount of volume that flows around you when you move. This is balanced out by huge bishop cut sleeves that puff up above each cinched wrist. More moss crepe covered buttons close each wrist and there is even an extra button sewn into an inner hem. I own one of these myself and it will always be in my collection and I can tell you from personal experience that it is a dress that you will wear over and over. It easily goes from day to night and it can be worn to feel very sexy or more covered. It is in its original uncut length which is hard to find with many Ossie pieces you now see out there for sale. Excellent condition.

Unlined and slips over the head to wear with attached ties at the waist. It buttons down the front. Each cuff has fabric covered buttons at the wrist. There is the slightest sense of pressing to some of the seams. The easy cut should fit a variety of sizes. Tagged a vintage Ossie 14

Sleeves: 28" but come up when cuffs are buttoned
Slightly dropped shoulders: 16.5"
Bust: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam and can be defined by the attached tie
Hips: to 25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 65" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Reference Photos: (1) 1969-1974 Ossie Clark Dress in the V&A Collection.  /  (2-4) Lily Sullivan at the Inaugural Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) Ball in Sydney, February 2018.

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• Its twin walked the Spring 2010 runway for Look 13
• Under the creative direction of Miuccia Prada
• Two wide bands cross over at the front leaving an open and exposed space at the midriff and on the sides
• The two front bands are densely covered with prong set glass crystals, reflective faceted beads, silver sequins and a variety a clear beads in different shape including little cubes, flowers and hearts.
• The rest of the top is made out of a pewter grey stretch silk like fabric
• Unlined and closes with a hidden set back zipper
• Tagged a modern Prada 40
• There is a slight perfumey scent to it otherwise in excellent condition

Bust: each band measures 7" flat across from side to side
Waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam with no stretch
Hips: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 28" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Reference Photos/Videos: (1-4) Spring 2010 Prada, Look 13. Model Bregje Heinen.  /  (5-7) Spring 2010 Prada Ad Campaign.

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• Its twin in pink was shown for the Pre-fall 2017 Celine collection
• Under the creative direction of Phoebe Philo
• Made from a beautiful clear toned red silk
• The sleeves are long and have a seaming detail above the cuffs
• The top blouses over you with a tie detail at the front. I have just looped it once and let the ties hang but you could also wrap them around you or make them into a bow
• The sides of the skirt have a functional pocket detail and these are done so that they sit out from the hip, adding to the avant garde feel of the dress
• Beautifully made and lined in a red silk
• It closes with a back hidden set zipper and each cuff has a hidden set zipper
• Tagged a modern Celine 36
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 24.5"
Slightly dropped shoulders: 17"
Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from neck to waist
Total length: 50" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5043

Reference Photo: Pre-Fall 2017 Celine, Look 30.

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• From the Spring 2008 Lanvin collection
• Made under the creative direction of Alber Elbaz
• Gorgeous light in weight deep blue silk dress that flows over the body from the shoulders. 
• The top of each shoulder has an almost transparent net detailing. It is plunged at both the front and back.
• A wide silk ribbon wraps around the waist to a front bow. The dress flows to the floor under that. 
  
• Lined in a paler blue silk 
  
• Slips on to wear and the ribbon around the waist snaps into place under the bow
• It appears to have been worn very little if at all
• Tagged a Lanvin 38 and the loose and easy cut should fit a range of sizes. You could add or take away to the ribbon around the waist to fit it perfectly to where you need it
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist-hips: Open
Belt when closed: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5040

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• Its near twin was seen in the Resort 1976 collection
• Under the creative direction of Roy Halston
  
• Made of two layers of silk chiffon that spiral around each other. The top layer is a pale peach and the inner layer a softer paler version of the same colour.
• Completely cut on the bias so has lots of movement and is an easy fit across a range of sizes.
• It hooks at the top of one shoulder and then simply drapes around you. There is a panel that extends out from the side and you can hook this along the edge of the neckline so that it is fully wrapped around you and creates a more cape feel over one arm, or you can just let that sit over your shoulder and trail downward to the floor. I have shown how this looks on one of the back photos.
• Working with this fabric is incredibly difficult and it is a testament to his skill to create such a simple but complex pattern. It is absolutely beautiful.
• There is a small repair along the edge of the wrapped panel and another small vertical one near the shoulder. Please see the photos after the label shot. Some slight fraying near where it hooks at the top of the shoulder and along the inner edge of the seams. All minor and otherwise excellent condition.

Bust: 16-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: open
Total length: approx 56" from top of shoulder to hem and the piece that wraps around and hooks into place extends down to 60" if you do not hook it

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-LRG

Item# DD5038

Reference Photo: Resort 1976 Halston.

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• This is a very well documented dress. It was shot for Elle France magazine that season in an orange, and Carolyn Murphy wore its twin in green to the Met Gala in 2003.
• The collar is fully beaded and the dress falls from there in a long sheath to the floor over the body with just a slight bit of shape through the waist.
• At the back five cords extend out and hook on the sides of the neck and then cross over each other to attach to the dress on the other side.
• Each of the cords has beads that are knotted into it along the lengths.
• Where it attaches in at the sides, the cords extend and drop down. When you walk these move and the full effect is just amazing.
• Unlined and slips on to wear
• The cords at the back hook into place on either side of the neck. Hand finishes throughout.
  
• The fabric does have stretch and the measurement below are those comfortable while laying flat. The back dips to approx 20-21"
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12 -15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5035

Reference Photos: (1) Model on left in Loris Azzaro for Elle France, September 1971. Photographed by Hans Feurer.  /  (2) Carolyn Murphy in Vintage Loris Azzaro at the 2003 Met Gala.

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• The twin of this dress was photoed for Vogue that season 
• A rare example of an all black Faye Dress.
• The Faye dress was named after Faye Dunaway and Thea made these in various fabrications starting in 1968. These were one of her most iconic designs. This is the only one I've ever seen outside of the Vogue shot in a single solid colour. Given her extremely limited run on certain pieces it could only be one of a couple that exist. It is truly a very special piece.
• The neckline has a high collar that wraps around the neck.
• The body skims over you to a seam that is centred along the front waist and sits slightly high. Black silk chiffon is heavily gathered into that seam and falls down into the skirt. 
• A panel of silk falls from under the arm to the hem and then that gathered-in area repeats at the back. This gives you a touch of shape through the front and back while still keeping the waist loose and generous in feel. It's a very clever design detail that is a signature of her classic Faye dresses.
• Each sleeve is gathered onto the top of the shoulder and then they are cut to be extremely wide and full flaring out to their ends. A wide black satin ribbon finishes the edge while a second ribbon sits above that for added detail. That same double ribbon treatment runs all the way around the hem of the dress.
• These Faye dresses were not a true caftan but they did have that easy to wear feel to them that her caftan pieces also have. This is an exceptional and rare example of her work.
• Unlined and has a touch of transparency to it so you would have to wear something underneath if you wanted it to be opaque
• It closes with a zipper at the back and hook & eye at the back of the neck.
• Excellent condition

Neck: 13.5" around
Sleeves: 17" and are very full around the upper arm
Shoulders: no true defined seams as the seam is inset
Bust: 16.5-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 12.5" from neck to seam at waist
Total length: 56" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5034

Reference Photo: British Vogue, October 1969

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• All red piece based on Look 49 from the Resort 2019 collection 
  
• Under the creative direction of Pierpaulo Piccioli 
  
•  In Vogue's review, they noted that Pierpaolo's goal for pre-collections was always to create clothes that women could wear and really live in.
• An easy to wear caftan feeling silhouette that can be worn loose and open, or cinched in at the waist with the matching tie belt
• V Neck at the front and low back
• The dress is very full and open through the body
• The hem is finished in a series of wide angles that form points as they fall
• The loose and easy cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes
• The bodice is lined in the same silk crepe as the exterior dress and the rest of the  dress is unlined. It closes with a back hidden set zipper
• Tagged a modern Valentino 6
• New with tags and never worn. Excellent condition 
  

Bust: 17-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam and you can cinch in as much as needed with the belt
Hips: open
Total length: 46.5" from top of shoulder to shortest points of the hem, 60" to the longest

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5031

Reference Photo: Resort 2019 Valentino, Look 49.

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway for Spring 2005 as Look 38 on Daria.
• One also appeared in the ad campaign that year.
• Celine Dion wore one for one of her music videos
• Under the creative direction of Phoebe Philo
• Phoebe told the press that she was feeling very dressed up for spring
• Made of a pale green silk with a wide pale golden silk band at the hem
• The front plunges low and a beaded cord curves over each shoulder. More beaded cording drapes down the sides to follow the seams of the dress and hangs at the front
• The back is cut low. It is meant to sit over you loose and easy and can be layered over other things if it feels too bare
• It closes with a hidden set side zipper
• Unlabelled and in excellent condition with one tiny mark on the side of the bust. Please see the final photo 
  

Bust: each triangle covers 8-10" flat across from side to side
Waist: to 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 44" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5028

Reference Photos: (1-6) Spring 2005 Chloe, Look 38 Finale. Model Daria Werbowy.  /  (7) Spring 2005 Chloe Ad Campaign.  /  (8) From the book "Chloe: Catwalk".  /  (9) Celine Dion in Chloe for her 'Je ne vous oublie pas' music video.

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• Its twin walked the runway for the Paris-Shanghai Metier D'art Pre-fall 2010 collection
• Under the creative direction Karl Lagerfeld
  
• Metier D'art pieces feature the work of the small Maison d'arts that Chanel supports and owns. Modern jackets that fall under these collections start at 20,000 euros and the skirts start at 4000 euros.
• Both pieces are made from a deep moss green Chanel tweed that has a silver thread running through it
• The seams are braided/twisted with a mix of a gold metal chain, various silk cording and embroidery work
• Onto the jacket are handmade medallions made of a combination of hand painted metallic leather, silk and metallic cording, beads and sequins.
• The hand made buttons are a little gold domed poured enamel that have the Chanel logo embedded inside the enamel
• The jacket buttons to close down front with a double row of buttons
• The collar is high and the jacket is shaped with vents at either side so that the jacket hangs perfectly straight once on. The sleeve are cropped to just above the wrist.
• The skirt has a wide band around the waist, skims over the hips and opens into pleats below that. There is an open slit under one side of the very front panel. It closes with a hidden set back zipper.
• Both pieces are beautifully made and are fully lined with a deep green silk
• A signature Chanel gold chain follows each of the three sections of the jacket hem
• Both pieces are tagged a 44
• Excellent condition

Jacket
Sleeves: 21" and are 14" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Across the bottom edge: 22" flat across from side to side
Total length: 26" from neck to hem

Skirt
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 22" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5029

Reference Photo/Video: Pre-Fall 2010 Chanel, Look 49. Model Jennifer Messelier.

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• Stunning combination of pink and red with a custom print covering the entire dress. Its twin walked the runway for Spring 2017 Look 44
• Under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli and in collaboration of the print with Zandra Rhodes
  
• This was Pierpaolo's first solo show at Valentino. An important milestone in his time at the label.
• Stunning combination of pink and red with a custom Zandra print covering the entire dress.
• The sleeves are extremely wide and full and mimic the wideness of the skirt.
• It skims over the bust to a bit of a generously cut waist. The skirt flows to the floor and has a ton of movement when you walk. The back is cut slightly longer than the front.
• Made out of a printed silk chiffon and lined in a pink silk chiffon with the sleeves unlined
• Closes with a hidden set back zipper
  
• Easy cut to wear
• Excellent condition and appears to have been worn very little if at all.

Sleeves: approx 20"
Shoulders: no true defined shoulder
Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 14" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 55" from top of shoulder to front hem, 59" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5024

Reference Photos/Video: (1-5) Spring 2017 Valentino, Look 44. Model Blesnya Minher.  /  (6) Anne Hathaway in Valentino, June 2017.  /  (7) Cherie wearing Valentino for Toronto Life, 2018. 

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• It's twin walk the spring 2017 runway for look 45
• Under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld in Sylvia Venturini
• Halter front and complete open back
• Ties at the back of the neck with grosgrain pink ribbon that falls down the back
• Elastic waist with decorative grosgrain pink ribbon bows at each side
• Double layered skirt with a panel, topping the longer inner skirt at both the front and back
• The print on the bodice and on the panels is done in a pale ivory and metallic ivory thread
• Made of a pale, ballet, dusty, pink silk chiffon
• Fully lined in a pale pink chiffon through the bodice, and the inner skirt accesses the lining through the skirt
• Tag the modern Fendi 40
• I see a tiny, faint mark near the corner on the bottom skirt otherwise, excellent condition

Bust: 17" flat across from side to side
Elastic waist: 12-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 16" from neck to waist but adjustable with the ties
Total length 53" from neck to shortest part of the hem, 60" to the longest at the sides of the hymn

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Reference Photo: Spring 2017 Fendi, Look 45.

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• Is twin walked the spring 2013 Prada show as Look 25
• Under the creative direction of Miuccia Prada
• The flower was a primary theme throughout the show and the colours of this dress display the main colour palette that were used.
• Many of the show pieces have a feel of almost a lightweight neoprene, but they are actually a silk. And she sourced all the silks from Haute Couture fabric houses. 
  
• The dress has a nod to the Japanese kimono dressing mixed with a 60s feel.
• Simple sleeves to just past the elbow and a seamed, but still generous waist.
• The skirt comes in slightly as it reaches the hem
• The front decorative panel is hand stitched in place and the flowers handmade
• Fully lined in a white silk and closes with a hidden set back zipper.
• Tag a modern Prada 38.
• It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition.

Sleeves: 16" and are 13" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from neck to waist
Skirt: 41.5" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5023

Reference Photos/Video: (1-5) Spring 2013 Prada, Look 25. Model Ondria Hardin.  /  (6) From the book "Prada Catwalk: The Complete Collections".

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• The collection had a futuristic theme and silver was a prominent element throughout.
• The twin of the skirt walked the runway for Look 85
• Under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
  
• Flat fitted waist and then it has perfectly spaced knife pleats all around the hip to give it the volume that you see
• Tiny little zip pockets on each hip that are functional but shallow
• The little Chanel logo button on the one hip is meant to represent a map of the Earth
• Slits on either side of the skirt
• Made out of a cotton and then densely applied with hundreds of thousands of silver sequins in various sizes. Little dots of silver thread are interspersed in between all of those sequins.
• It closes with a hidden set back zipper
• Tagged a modern Chanel 38
• It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition.

Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam at the top of the hip that is 6" down from the waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam 
Natural hips: open
Total length: 34" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5022

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2017 Chanel, Look 85.

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The Luisa Beccaria label is out of Italy and is run by the mother-daughter team of Luisa and Lucilla Beccaria. They are known for their incredibly feminine pieces that have an almost story book feel to them. The cost of their pieces run into the thousands and their clothing is very well made. This is a gorgeous dress that really shows the attention to high detail the label excels at. The fabric it is made out of is very beautiful. It was look 42 in the runway presentation that year and I love that we have reference photos and videos so you can see how beautifully it moves.

I love this dress. The top layer is a pale taupe tulle that has slight lavender undertone to it. Onto this are thousands of little sprigs of purple embroidered flowers. These cover the entire dress and give the dress more of a purple tone. This layer of netting sits over an inner metallic gold lame fabric that is set behind the bust and the entire skirt. The effect that this creates is magical. The gold shimmers out very subtly behind it and just add a gorgeous extra dimension to the dress. The dress is peaked at the front bodice and it is meant to sit off of the shoulder with tiny gold straps curving over your shoulder to hold everything in place. The sleeves are absolutely incredible. They fall from that dropped shoulder and are extremely wide. If you were to open one out completely, they are a full 78" all the way around the bottom edge. They are a single layer of the tulle and add incredible movement to the dress. There is slight padding inside of the bodice for shape and then the waist is nipped in. The skirt has yards and yards of the gold and tulle and the sheer amount of fabric falling around you gives a wonderful texture and depth to the skirt. The volume and shape of this dress is fantastic. I absolutely love how the back is cut significantly longer so trails out behind you. In person, the whole dress feels a little bit more pastel than how it photoed. It is incredibly beautiful and the pictures do not convey how textural  and wonderful it is in person. It feels like wearing a fairy tale. Even though this is not a white or ivory piece, I think that this might even make an amazing piece for a bride who wants to go the non-traditional route. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition

Fully lined in an iridescent pale dusty pink silk. Padding attached on the inner bust. It closes with a hidden set back zipper. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Tagged a modern Luisa Beccaria 40.

Sleeves: 23" from the top of the sleeve and are to 14" around the upper arm
Bust: to 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 10" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 59" from top of bodice to front hem, 78" to the longest point of the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# SS5020

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2018 Luisa Beccaria, Look 42.

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The twin of this set walked the runway as Look 13 for the Fall 2017 show. It was also shot for several editorials that season and was one of the stand out pieces of the collection. Both pieces are made out of a sixties feeling shade of green, with a brighter shot of green and yellow placed across the top and the legs of the pants. The top has a high neck and sleeves that hit just past the elbow. It is cut to skim over you and it comes with a matching belt to cinch in the waist. This sits over a pair of sleek pants with a sharp pleat that runs down the front and back of the leg. The legs are wide cut with a slight flare. I love how the striping around the lower leg anchors design and ties it in with the striping at the top. Appliques with beads and rhinestones sit along one shoulder to give a nod to  the traditional college sweater. It is an amazing little set. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition.

Unlined and the top slips on to wear with a hidden set zipper at the back of the neck. The pants zip to close at the side with a hidden set zipper, The belt is a buckle belt in a matching fabric. All of the pieces look to have been worn very little if at all. Tagged a modern Miu Miu 38.

Top
Sleeves: 16" and are 9-10.5" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 14"
Neck: 14" around
Bust: 16.5-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13.5-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 26" from neck to hem

Pants
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam with no give
Hips: 17-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 43" from waist to hem with 2" turned under the hem
Inseam: 33"
Gusset: 13.5" from the back waist to inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5019

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Fall 2017 Miu Miu, Look 13. Model Iesha Hodges.  /  (4) Aleyna Tilki for Elle Magazine Turkey.  /  (5) Hande Ercel for Instyle Magazine Turkey.

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This is a gorgeous little set with a tweed boucle jacket and a matching sleeveless dress. The show title was "Coco Pop" and part of the show had references to pop artist Roy Lichtenstein. Stripes were an important part of the collection and I love how that is subtly picked up in the way that the tweed is laid out over both the jacket and its matching dress. It is always nice to have multiple pieces because the opportunity to mix a match with things that you already own just makes it that much more versatile.

Both the dress and jacket in this set are made from deep shades of red and burgundy mixed with little shots of pink and coral within its signature Chanel tweed. The result is the perfect deep red that will work on most skin tones. The edges of the jacket are finished with a braided wool made of the lighter hues of those colours. This finishes the edges on the jacket and circles each cuff. It also tops each of the three top set pockets on the jacket. The dress is cut in the sleek and simple shift that skims over the body and flares out as it nears the hem. Long vertical seams shape the dress around you. Both pieces are lined in a Chanel embossed deep red silk that feels amazing against the skin. The jacket slips over the dress with long sleeves and a collarless neckline. It buttons down the front with hand carved wood buttons, embossed with Chanel Paris, and these are hidden behind a panel of the same tweed. There is a signature Chanel chain set around the inner hem of the jacket. This is an exceptional set. Excellent condition.

Both pieces are fully lined in a Chanel embossed deep red silk. The dress closes with a front set zipper. There are pockets on each hip, which are still tacked shut. The jacket closes with buttons down the front and the pockets are functional. A chain around the inner hem of the jacket. Both pieces are tagged a Chanel 40.

Jacket
Sleeves: 23.5"
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 24" from neck to hem

Dress
Bust: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 38" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5017

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• Thea Porter couture label
• made of a devore silk that has a bit of transparency between the design 
  
• Fully open and full cut so will fit all sizes
• Hooks partially down the front and can fully open
• Can be worn as a caftan dress or layered coat
• Has its original belt giving it a third way to wear it
• Antique hand knotted tassels down each side 
  
• Hand finishes throughout
• no flaws

56" long when laying flat and 57" across side to side 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: OSFA

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This gorgeous Chanel has an amazing provenance. Its twin walked the runway for Look 83 that season, Julianne Moore wore one to Cannes that year, and Elle Fanning also wore one from us to Cannes just this year. We are so pleased to have another one and this one even has a beautiful Chanel brooch that will be sent with it. The Metiers d'Art presentations are always a celebration of the amazing craftsmanship and talent of the Chanel Artisans. Vogue stated that "The lace and ribbons and elaborate sleeve details of Winterhalter's portraits of Sissi (Empress Elisabeth of Austria), became part of the Chanel vocabulary in this collection." You can see that tribute to lace on this dress. 

Everything about this dress has that chic Chanel feel that makes many of Karl's designs feel like forever classics. Even without the fact that it is so well documented the dress feels very Chanel. It is beautiful in person and the simple lines and cut make it the kind of dress that you can wear multiple times while the styling and accessories you choose to add can make it feel different each time. It is made of black silk that has a slight bit of texture to it. It has enough weight to hold the intended shape beautifully. Wide straps curve up and over each shoulder and then extend to sit on each side of the low squared off opening that exposes your entire upper back. This is so unexpected and insanely sexy. The neckline is cut straight across. The waist is seamed and brought in with a wide silk satin black ribbon that ties in a bow at the front. The ends of the bow trail down the front of the skirt to add extra detailing. The ribbon also holds in place the panel of lace that runs down the entire front. Set in the centre of that bow is a beautiful, deep, pewter silver, Chanel brooch in the shape of a heart. It can be removed so is an amazing extra piece of Chanel that comes with the dress. The panel is made up of tiers of black lace that sit in horizontal bands. These start at the top of the neckline, run in and behind the band around the waist and then fall like an apron over the front of the skirt. The dress curves over the hips with little pockets hidden along the seams. Depending on your height, the skirt will fall to just above the ankle or the floor. It is an exceptional piece of Chanel and has its original shop tag. Excellent condition with a minor note below.

Fully lined in a black silk and closes with a back hidden set zipper. Tagged a Chanel 38. The previous dress we had, had its original tag attached so we know that the original price of the dress was $11,900 which is just over $16,000 in today's dollars, not even counting Chanel's rise in pricing that is well over the actual inflation value. It looks like the snaps at the back ribbon may have been moved slightly to give a bit more room at the waist. They could easily move back. Pockets on each hip.

Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 13" from top of shoulder to shoulder top of the 2" band at the waist
Total length: 53" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5013

Reference Photos/Video: (1-2) Pre-Fall 2015 Chanel, Look 83. Model Caroline Brasch Nielsen.  /  (3-4) Julianne Moore in Chanel at the Chopard Trophy Party in Cannes, May 2015.  /  (5-7) Elle Fanning, wearing the twin of this dress from us, in Cannes, May 2024.

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The twin of the dress was look 21 for the Resort 2016 collection by Fausto Puglisi. Its twin was also worn by Jennifer Lopez that year. Fausto's first collection debuted in 2006 and Italian fashion editor Anna Dello Russo started to wear his pieces everywhere and is largely responsible for bringing his work to the spotlight. His style during this time period has been called Greco-Roman glitz which to me is the perfect way to describe pieces like this. This dress is fantastic and you can see how amazing it is on the body on the reference photos that we found.

The dress is absolutely gorgeous and very sexy. It is made out of a pastel pink silk that is a touch more pastel in person than the photos taken here. I love that the colour balances out the sexiness of all the open cut outs. Straps curve up and over the shoulders to meet the low back. Two triangles of silk cover the breasts and these attach to the high set skirt at their base. A wide strap wraps around to the back and this attaches to the back of the skirt. This created a small opening between the triangles at the front of the waist and two large cut outs that dip down to expose each hip at the sides. The skirt falls below that in a little A-line. His signature metal medallions sit at the base of each strap at the front, two more are where the triangles connect into the skirt, and then there is one large one at the centre front. The entire dress is lined in a black silk so you get a bit of a glimpse if it depending on how you move. I love the contrast of that. That dress is beautifully made. Excellent condition

Fully lined in a black silk and it closes with hidden set hook and eye at the side. Unworn. Tagged modern a IT40

Each triangle covers 6' at their widest points
Strap under the bust: 15-15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: no defined waist seam because of the cut outs
Hips: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 33" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5010

Reference Photos: (1) Resort 2016 Fausto Puglisi.  /  (2) Jennifer Lopez on American Idol, 2016.

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This Spring 2014 dress is one of the most photographed and best known of all of the Chanel pieces that Karl ever created. This is the second time we have had it in the shop and its as wonderful if not more this time. It has a spectacular provenance and there are probably even more examples of it being photoed and worn that season that we have yet to find. It's twin was Look 84 on the runway and it was instantly snapped up to be photoed on Keira Knightley for the Harper's Bazaar cover. It, and other variations in this print, also appeared on Vogue China, Czechia, Netherlands and Korea editions, InStyle magazine and many, many, other publications. The range of models and celebrities who wore this dress is as vast ranging from Sarah Jessica Parker, to Rita Ora, and Karolina Kurkova to name just a few. 

Vogue's review of the piece stated that 'The Grand Palais was transformed into a gigantic white-walled hangar of paintings and sculptures—quintessential Basel or Frieze—all seventy-five of them made by Lagerfeld during his Summer of Prodigious Creativity. He didn't actually create them himself—that feat would be too Olympian even for Karl—but he drew the pieces or made maquettes so his studio could realize the finished product. The coming together of concept and design was clearly responsible for the way Lagerfeld's theme infected his collection to a greater degree than usual.... Deconstruction, trompe l'oeil, collage, bricolage—this Chanel collection was a fest of art processes. You never get the sense that Lagerfeld is pushing himself; he makes everything look much too easy for that. Nevertheless, in the ninety-ish looks he showed today, there were more stories than he would usually be bothered to tell.' They mention the series of dress that used this print specifically saying; 'a paint chart from the 1900s yielded a whole group of primally Pantone-ed pieces.' There were 14 pieces presented that made up the final group, that had variations of this print on them. This dress that was the one that was photoed the most and pulled by all the editors and sold out worldwide. It was without a doubt the dress of the collection.

The dress combines a stunning light scarf weight silk that has that beautiful Pantone palette in all the colours of the rainbow in a print that travels horizontally over its surface. The dress is suspended from the shoulders by tiny silk straps. The bust has been covered in a painted white lace. This stiffens the lace underneath and gives it an unusual texture that is quite beautiful. The lace is then backed by a nude silk netting. The bodice skims over you to a dropped and generous waist seam that sits at the top of the hips. Under that the skirt widens out as it nears the hem. A wide band of lace is set around the entire lower part of the hem. It is a clever way to add a bit of weight to the dress so that it falls perfectly once on the body. The skirt is cut to be shorter at the front and is fuller & longer at the back. You can see in the runway video how beautifully this allows the dress to move when you walk. On the runway Karl belted it above that dropped seam for added shape. For many of the editorial shots it was worn without a belt and I love that you have the option to wear it either way. It really changes the look of the dress if you did belt it. It is gorgeous. Excellent condition.

The dress is fully lined through the bodice in a nude silk behind the bust area and an ivory silk to the waist. The skirt is unlined. The lower lace part has a backing of two layers of silk tulle. It closes with a hidden set back zipper and snaps above that. Tagged a Chanel 38 

Bust: 16.5-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural waist: to 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Dropped seam at top of hip: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 20" from top of straps to dropped seam
Full Length: 38" from top of straps to shortest point of the front hem, 50" longest point of the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5005

Reference Photos/Video: (1-6) Spring 2014 Chanel Runway, Look 84. Model Binx Walton.  /  (7) Keira Knightley for Harpers Bazaar, February 2014.  /  (8) Fei Fei Sun for Neiman Marcus, February 2014.  /  (9) Vlada Roslyakova by Ellen Von Unwerth for Numero Tokyo, April 2014.  /  (10) Photo by Mario Testino for Vogue China, March 2014.  /  (11) Robin Holzken for Telva Magazine, April 2014.  /  (12) Vogue Czechia, July 2014.  /  (13) Vogue Girl Korea, April 2014.  /  (14) Myself Germany, April 2014.  /  (15) Phoebe Tonkin in Chanel at the Humane Society Gala, March 2014.  /  (16) Sarah Jessica Parker for InStyle UK, May 2014.  /  (17) Karolina Kurkova for Harper’s Bazaar Malaysia February 2014.  /  (18) Rita Ora in Chanel at BET Studios, May 2014.  /  (19) Vogue Netherlands March 2014.

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On the runway this same fabric was used for a dress but for production they also produced it as this skirt. Vogue's Sarah Mower said in part of this collection; 'This time, her (Miuccia Prada) address seemed aimed directly to youth. There were cycling shorts and duchesse satin A-line tunics and baby doll dresses; plunging bodysuits with straps under the breasts; sheer black knee-highs implanted with Prada’s triangular logos; and iterations of her ’60s–’70s throwback print jersey ladylike coats, all of it topped off with puffy Alice bands. “I wanted to break the rules of the classic,” she said. “To discuss a wish of freedom and liberation and fantasy, and, on the other side, the extreme conservatism that is coming—the duality out there.' This skirt is an amazing example of just how detailed the Prada label can get with their pieces.

Pieces from this collection sold out worldwide and were wait-listed everywhere. It is an incredible testament to her ability to take the most unusual ideas and make them feel fresh. The skirt is made from one of her signature smooth finished silks that has a slight sheen-like finish to it. It was then specialty dyed to give it a almost tie dye finish. The colours are a spectacular combination of that bright green that fades to a lighter shade ivory and a deep charcoal. It is more fitted around the waist and then falls outwards to widen out by the time it reaches the hem. Onto the front of the skirt are several medallions of intricate bead work. These combine a variety of different size large beads and are all hand placed and sewn. They are thick enough that they sit right off of the fabric. This look has really become a Prada hallmark and you see it on some of their most special pieces. It is just gorgeous. A skirt is a very easy way to work a strong statement piece of vintage into your wardrobe. It would work equally as well for day or the evening. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Excellent condition

Fully lined in a white silk and closes with a back hidden set zipper. I see one tiny chip out of one of the beads and I see a tiny faint mark near the waist that might be a part of the dye process. At some point, it was let out at the side and you can see a faint line of where that was done. I see a couple bees missing off the smallest medallion. Please see the photos after the label shot. It otherwise appears to have been worn very little if at all.

Waist: 14.25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 30" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5004

Reference Photo: Spring 2019 Prada, Look 49.

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This is a stunning Christian Dior dress by Raf Simons from the Cruise 2014 collection. Its twin walk the runway for Look 29 in the show. The feel of this dress was an integral look in the show with several variations of pieces showing that had the inset fabric panels walking the runway. It is a very pretty dress and perfectly representative of Raf's time at the label and what his vision for Dior looked like. This was Raf playing with the house codes and feel of the 1960s and making it fresh for a new Dior client. 

This dress is so simple and yet cut so beautifully. It has a sleek and simple shape that skims over the body and flares out slightly as it nears the hem.  It has no sleeves and the neck is scooped. It has an easy cut that skims over the bust, waist and hips in a little A-line that flares out slightly as it nears the hem. The fabric is an ivory silk that is very light in weight. This is backed with a silk chiffon to help with the structure and hold the shape. It has a pretty design on the front and panels that wrap all the way around the lower part of the dress, and these are all made from the application of fabric onto the base silk. It is so pretty. Excellent condition

Fully lined in an ivory silk chiffon and it closes with a back hidden set zipper. Perhaps the tiniest bit of grubbiness here and there along the edges. Tagged a Dior F36, GB8, IT40, US4

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 37" from the top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5003

Reference Photos/Video: Resort 2014 Christian Dior, Look 29. Model Nastya Kusakina.

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This gorgeous dress is based on the 1947 gown designed by Christian Dior. You can see the similarities and cut when you look at the photo of that dress that we have included here for you. The dress comes to me from the original bride who had it cleaned and properly stored since her wedding day. It's condition is pristine. She has allowed me to use some of her photos that she sent me so you can see how gorgeous this is on the body. This may not be an original 1950s Dior, but it is as close as you can get and it is stunning.

The dress is made out of a white tulle that is layered over an inner ivory silk and layers of built in tulle so that it has the beautiful shape that you see. It is suspended by two tiny straps that curve up and over the shoulders and then run down each side of the back to the waist. This leaves your entire back bare and exposed. I love the pretty curve that is created at the side as the dress curves around to the back. Inside the bodice it is shaped to accommodate your chest and then nips in at the waist. The waist is defined with a wide pale lavender band that is attached and runs around to the back. The skirt falls from there and has built-in layers underneath so that it stays full all around you. I did not add any extra crinolines under the skirt for these shots. If you wanted it to be even more full, you could add an underskirt as there is definitely room for more volume if you wished.The back extends out into a sweeping train behind you. The entire back of the dress is spectacular. The band that cinches in the waist curves around to the back and the ends of it loop and hook into place into place to create the feel of an oversized bow and then long trailing ends extend down the back of the skirt. Four large flowers are pinned into place to nestle at the back of the back and re-create the iconic look of the original 1947 dress. It is absolute magic and instantly recognizable. Excellent condition.

Fully lined in an ivory silk that runs under the train as well. All of the edges of the tulle are finished. A layer of tulle with a ruffled and lace edged hem sit under that and there is final layer of silk under that. It closes with a back low set zipper. Lightly boned through the bodice. The bow hooks into place along the waist. My client just pinned the flowers in place with safety pins and I have left them like that so that you can choose exactly where you want the flowers to be placed. It would be very easy to stitch them once you have them set where they feel best on you. The dress was worn once, but appears to have been worn very little if at all.

Bust: the front panel is 17" flat across from side to side
Waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 13" from top of shoulder to top of the band and 15.5" top the waist
Total length: The top tulle layer ends at 56" and the inner skirt under that end at 58" from the top of the shoulder to the front hem. The train extends another 56" beyond that.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5002

Reference Photos: (1) Gown by Christian Dior, photo by Louise Dahl-Wolfe, location Chateau de Madrid, 1947.  /  (2-5) Previous owner in this dress.

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