• This early pretty silk chiffon dress dates to the 1980s.
• The dress was made under the creative direction of Hanae Mori.
• I love the pink striped silk chiffon that has a gold thread shot through the striped pattern. It is a beautiful fabric that is light and easy to wear.
• The gold thread runs vertically through the silk to accent the stripe pattern. It picks up on the light to give the dress a subtle shimmer.
• The front falls into a V neck and it buttons to close down the front. It comes with its original tie belt in a matching fabric that you can use to cinch in the waist as much as you like.
• The sleeves are long with a snap at their ends and the shoulders are soft with just a light padding to help hold the shape.
• The sleeves and the entire back have been left online so they have a slight bit of transparency. This is a very pretty detail.
• Under the waist the skirt is cut to be slightly more full. As it falls to the floor it widens out. This allows it to move beautifully around you as you move.
• It is a very pretty dress that is light in weight and I love the subtle touch of gold that runs through the fabric. I think it is even better in person.
• The front of the bodice and the skirt are lined in a nude silk chiffon. It closes with fabric covered buttons down the front and snaps at the waist. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 22.5" and they are 13" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 56" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5415

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• This is a very rare dress from the 1970s created by Holly Harp.
• Harp opened a shop LA in 1968 where she created custom clothing under the Holly's Harp label. When she started designing her clothing she tended to create her clothing out of a hodge-podge of new and old materials but once she opened her shop her designs became more slinky, and sexy. They began to reference the glamour of Old Hollywood and she preferred the bias cut feel of the 1930s.
• She had a huge following of Hollywood and Music stars; Liza Minelli, Diana Ross, Ali McGraw, Sally Field, Janis Joplin and Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane were all fans.
• This is a phenomenal dress from the early - mid 1970s and it is even better in person. The bias cut really needs a body in it to truly come to life.
• Dresses like this from her are impossible to find anymore. Her work is magical.
• The dress is made out of a bias cut black jersey that is light enough so that it drapes fantastically but also has enough weight so that it is opaque.
• The combination of the fabric and cut make it very easy and comfortable to wear.
• The shoulders are soft and the sleeves are set into the body of the dress starting off wide and then they narrow to a cuff at the wrist. This lets the fabric puff out slightly above each cuff.
• The neckline crosses over itself at the front and has long attached ties which tie around the waist for shape and to hold that front V perfectly in place.
• The dress skims over you all the way down the body to a low set seam under the waist. The dress ties at the waist and then that seam sits at the top of the hip.
• The skirt is fantastic and it is made out of two layers of the black jersey. This gives it the weight to fall in a smooth column when you stand still but also explodes with movement when you move. When you move it all moves around you and the lightness of the fabric makes it all feel incredibly easy on.
• The bodice has a second layer of the same fabric acting as the lining and the skirt is made of two layers of the jersey. It slips on to wear and crosses over itself at the front and ties. The fabric does have some stretch and I have put the comfortable range below.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 26.5" and are 14" around the upper arm
Shoulders: approx 14-15"
Bust: 15-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam at the top of the hip: 14-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to ties at the waist, 19" to the seam at the top of the hip
Total length: 60" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5375

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• This dress is unlabeled but we have had it twin before so I know that it is by Fernando Pena.
• Fernando Pena was born in Spain and ended up based in Miami where he ran a small independent couture house.
• The first time I had this dress a bride bought it for her wedding.
• The dress is made out of a pale nude pink silk net that is covered in thousands of tiny glass tube beads hand sewn into place and following the vertical lines of the netting.
• The beads are done in rows of gold, pink and silver. A heavier bands of beads circle each cuff.
• A flower design runs across the front bodice and wraps around to the back. A second wide panel of beaded flowers runs just above and around the hem. 
• The edge of the neckline and hem are finished in a metallic silver thread.
• The shoulders have a tiny band of padding to create their caps.
• The dress is unlined so it does have some transparency through the netting.You could easily add a slip under it to make it opaque.
• It closes with a back zipper and each cuff has a small hidden set painted zipper. Hand work through out. It is easy to fit because of the loose cut through the body.
• There is no size tag present so please go buy the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 25" and are 11" around the upper arm
Slightly inset shoulders: 14"
Bust: 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 58" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5351

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• This dress is from the 2007 Alexander McQueen season.
• It was made under the creative direction of Alexander McQueen.
• A copy of this dress that was re-issued in an ivory for the 2011 wedding collection. You will recall that I recently had a lace dress in that was made under the same circumstances where a original dress done by Lee was re-issued at a later date for a wedding collection.
• I love having the original and as far as I am aware it was only produced in black and this purple in 2007. It has that same bias cut draped feel as the McQueen that Elle Fanning borrowed and wore recently so we have added a photo of that to give you an idea of it on.
• The dress is made from a beautifully weighted purple silk that has a slight texture running through it.
• It has that same liquid feel that the best of the 1930s pieces did that were made from this similar fabrics.
• Like those dresses of the thirties this is also cut on the bias but with a more shaped silhouette. I love that the fabric is heavy enough and that the dress is lined so that it will not highlight 'flaws' underneath like some bias cut pieces can.
• It is cut to flow over the body and skims over the bust, waist and hips to the floor.
• The neckline drops into a V at the front. It glides over the bust and there is a soft curving seam that starts at the bust and runs down into the side seam. This not only helps to add a little shape but it also becomes this interesting design feature and a subtle way for him to work in one of his signature angled seams.
• The skirt continues past and over the hips and then flares out as it reaches the hem. At the back there is extra fabric worked around the centre seam to give you a trained effect behind you.
• This flaring out at the bottom and the extra bit at the back give you fabulous movement when you walk or move.
• The sleeves are incredible. They are set in these soft loops around each arm. They leave the sides of the shoulders bare and really add to the thirties feel of the dress.
• The dress is fully lined in a purple silk and closes with a hidden set back zipper. The bias cut fabric has some stretch so should allow it to fit a range of sizes. The measurements below give you the comfortable range the fabric has when lying flat. It is in its original length. I see perhaps a touch of grubbiness and scuffing near the hem bit it is very minor and mentioned for accuracy.
• Tagged a McQueen 40.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 62" from top of shoulder to front hem, 72" the longest point of the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5346

Reference Photo: Elle Fanning in Spring 2008 Alexander McQueen, from our archives, at the Critics Choice After Party, January 2023.

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• This came as part of a buy I did many years ago and is from the same source as the gold velvet labelled set sold previously on the site.
• It was made under the creative direction of Antonio del Castillo.
• When Jeanne Lanvin died in 1946 her daughter took over the business and ran it herself for a couple of years before hiring Antonio del Castillo in 1950. During his time as head designer for the house, the labels bear the name Lanvin-Castillo. He departed in 1962 which gives us a neat little window of time that he worked within. 
• This is a two piece set consisting of a sleeveless top and its matching skirt.
• Both pieces are made out of a waffle weave fabric that feels like a cotton or cotton silk mix done in a coral pink. The pink is a touch more pastel than how it photoed here.
• The top is sleeveless with wide straps that curve up and over each shoulder. They are set so that it sits towards the edges of the shoulders creating a wide scoop across the front neck line. A deeper scoop sits above the zipper at the back.
• The shape of the top is created through vertical darts that run from the base of the top up. I love that you can clearly see the workmanship on the inside. The bottom edge of the top is left raw with hand stitching all the way around to keep it from fraying and the back zipper extends past the bottom hem. This is all done in the traditional manner of a Couture piece from this time period.
• The top is meant to be tucked into the skirt to give the feel of a dress while still having the versatility of it being two pieces that you can mix and match with other things that you already own
• The skirt is fantastic. The band around the waist is elaborately finished with gold beads and metal thread embroidery. This crosses over itself at the front and extends down to give the illusion of a bow that is attached and stays perfectly in place. All of the work is completely  done by hand.
• The skirt under that has a large flat pleat at the front to give it extra volume and it swings out to be extremely wide around you. It is wide enough that if you wanted to get a full 1950s feel you could add a light crinoline underneath for extra added volume.
• This is an incredible example of 1950s Couture and pieces like this are extremely hard to find anymore. Especially in a colour like this.
• The top and skirt are both handmade throughout. An inner waist stay hooks to close. The top closes with a back zipper that extends past the hem. The skirt closes with a side painted metal zipper and hook and eye at the waist. It is  partially lined in a white muslin. I see some minor marks on the inside lining of the skirt, stress on one seam and two minor marks on the top. Both pieces have a slight patina to them just because of the nature of the fabric and natural aging. The hem of the skirt is extremely deep. The hand work throughout is extraordinary. Perhaps an occasional missing bead around the skirt band.
• There is no size tag present because it is Couture so please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent overall condition with minor notes above

Top
Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 18.5" from top of shoulder to hem

Skirt:
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 26" from waist to hem with 4.5" turned under the hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5340

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• The twin of this dress was shown for Look 37 for the Fall 2010 Valentino collection.
• It was made under the creative design of both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. 
• Its twin was also worn by Fan Bingbing at Cannes that year. 
• This is one of their earlier collections after stepping into Mr Valentino's shoes and I love that they stayed true to the label's heritage by using a classic Valentino combination of silk chiffon and ruffles for this dress. 
• This dress was the second to last look of the runway collection.
• The dress is made out of a feather light silk chiffon done in a pale pastel salmon pink that is an exceptionally pretty colour. This fabric choice keeps the dress extremely light in weight and easy to wear.
• The elastic neckline is set wide across so that it sits fully off of the shoulders. I love how this leaves the top of your shoulders completely bare and exposed. Because the neckline is finished with elastic I believe that you could wear this on top of the shoulder if you wished.
• A wide 11" ruffle follows the entire neckline and gives it the prettiest flounce all the way around you. The width of the ruffle falls slightly over the waistline and this creates a pretty caped to the upper part of the dress.
• Underneath the ruffle the bodice skims down to the more generously cut waist. On the runway, and on the red carpet, a little brooch was added to one side. If you liked how this looked it would be easy to re-create with your own jewelled piece.
  
• The skirt is covered in a series of ruffles. Around the hips and waist they are set on a slight angle that runs down one side and and they are stacked horizontally along that angle. Under that, long vertical ruffles run the rest of the length of the skirt all the way to the hem.
• The incredible amount of ruffles covering the skirt combined with the lightness of the fabric gives you the prettiest movement when you move. 
• This is an absolutely stunning dress and this particular cut of dress is one of my favourites.
• The dress is fully lined in a marching coloured silk and closes with a hidden set side zipper. The neckline has elastic running through its edge. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern Valentino 6.
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 41" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approximately 14" from top of natural shoulder to waist
Total length: approximately 57" from top of natural shoulder to hem 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5331

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Fall 2010 Valentino, Look 37. Model Sasha Pivovarova.  /  (4-5) Fan Bingbing at Cannes Film Festival, 2010.

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• This gorgeous dress is one that was made for the shops and I believe is from the early 2010s.
• It was made under the creative direction of both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. 
• Even with only the dress form shot it is so gorgeous. It is not hard to imagine just how beautifully this one will be on the body and how it moves. 
  
• The base of the dress is made from stocking layers of silk chiffon and silk done in a deep pewter-silver colour. It is then heavily embellished from top to toe. The embellishments give it some weight but the silk layers underneath keep it from being too heavy once on the body. 
• The dress is suspended by two straps that curve up and over the shoulders. The front neckline is scooped. At the back we see another scoop and there it is softened by a draping layer of embellished silk chiffon that falls softly over the scoop. 
• Vertical lines of clear beads with silver applied to their centres are applied over the bodice. The beading is done in different sizes and mixed in with tiny silver sequins. These stop at the seam under the bust. At the back the bead work is applied more on an angle all the way up to the edge of the silk chiffon draped panel there.
• A heavy band of glass crystal rhinestones sit just under the seam where the bust ends. These top a 3.5" expense of a double layer of netting that is embellished with a diamond pattern done and silver metal thread. Little clear beads top where each intersection happens within the pattern. This panel is transparent so you get a glimpse of skin underneath. Where the panel ends there is a second wide band of the glass crystal rhinestones. All of the rhinestones are prom set, and this would all had to have been applied by hand.
  
• The skirt falls from under there, curving over the hips and widening out to a pretty fullness by the time it reaches the hem. The skirt has three full layers of silk in its construction, and I love that the back is cut longer than the front. This gives you a beautiful slight sweeping feel, and picks up on that pretty drape at the back. It is fantastic.
• The dress is fully lined in a marching silk behind the bodice. The panel at the waist is transparent. The skirt is made of three layers of silk and silk chiffon. The dress closes with a hidden set side zipper. There is perhaps the tiniest bit of grubbiness along the very edge of the arms. It is extremely minor but mentioned for accuracy.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 11" to the seam under the bust and 15" from the top of the shoulder to the bottom seam of the waist.
Total length: 58" from top of shoulder to front hem and the back extends another 6.5" past that

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5248

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• The Valentino Roma label launched in 2000 to take the place of the Miss V line. It was sold at a price point that was a bit more accessible then their main line and was meant to be available in more shops then the main line would be. The pieces were still very well made. This one caught my eye simply because of how gorgeous and sexy it is. It is a stunning set with a beautiful amount of detailing on it. 
• It is two pieces. A little sleeveless top and its matching skirt. Having the two pieces means you can mix and match it with other things you already own.
• Even though the outer layer is netting and transparent it has a built-in inner nude silk chiffon lining that allows it to be opaque enough to be worn.
• Over that inner layer of chiffon the pieces are have a layer of a nude netting that has that amazing sequin and bead design applied over its surface.
• The neckline of the top dips in a V and then extends over the shoulders. The back of the top is a double layer of the chiffon without any added embellishment. 
• I love how the front is all done to highlight the lines of the piece and that it continues all the way to the pretty scalloped hem at the front. I have taken shots of it tucked into the skirt as well as one un-tucked so that you can see the full front. It is a definite nod back to the 1920s in how it feels. 
• The skirt has a banded waist defined by more beads and sequins. It curves over the hips and then flares out from there to the hem. The placement of the gold sequins and beads over the skirt emphasize the cut perfectly.
• I have taken close-up shots of the sequin and bead work for you to see how beautiful it is. They mix tiny pale gold sequins with tiny seed beads. Larger square cut gold sequins have been mixed into the pattern so they reflect the light differently. In between all of that are iridescent ivory sequins that give the set a beautiful extra glint in the light. These are all set to form the pattern that you see over the entire set. 
• With all of the sequins and beads applied onto it the pieces catches the light perfectly from every angle and every angle that you view them from is absolutely stunning.
• The top closes with a hidden set side zipper and the skirt closes at the side with a hidden set zipper. I see a tiny very faint mark on the back of the top. It would not photo and is very minor but mentioned for accuracy. 
• Tagged a vintage Valentino 40/4
• Excellent condition

Top
Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bottom edge: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 19" from top of shoulder to hem

Skirt
Waist: 14.75" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 21.25" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5327

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• This set is from the Fall 2006 collection for Valentino.
• The dress was made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino.
• The near twin of this piece was worn by Kerry Washington that same year.
• This is a very interesting dress because of it strong tie in to both past and future Valentino. The first time this print was used by the house was in 1970. Mr. Valentino revisited it for this fall 2006 collection and then Pierpaolo used the print for his Resort 2020 collection.
• This two piece set is especially fun with its mix of prints and colours. It is made out of a beautiful silk chiffon that keeps it light in weight.
• The top is a simple halter type top that has a more structured waist area that wraps around you and zips to close at the side.
• On the front there are two triangles made out of a printed silk chiffon that has been doubled to make it opaque enough to wear. These attach in along the top of the panel underneath and then they simply tie into place behind the neck.
• The ties are cut to be excessively long from the point where they tie behind the neck so they drape beautifully down and over your bare back. 
• The skirt has a more structured band around the top and when the halter is on it fits perfectly over top of that structured part.
• It widens out to the hem from there with a series of stacked ruffles set to overlap each other slightly from waist to hem. This gives you very pretty movement when you move.
• The halter part of the top are lined in a second layer of the same printed silk chiffon and the rest of the top and the skirt are lined in a purple silk chiffon. Both the top and skirt close with hidden set side zippers.
• Tagged a vintage Valentino 10
• Excellent condition

Top
The bust part is flexible in size since it is done in two panels. Each panel measures 9" across the widest part.
Seam under the bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bottom Seam:19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam

Skirt
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 42" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5311

Reference Photos: (1) Kerry Washington in Valentino at the National Dream Gala, November 2006.  /  (2) Lauren Hutton in Valentino photographed by Irving Penn for Vogue, October 1970.  /  (3) Resort 2020 Valentino, Look 11.  /  (4) Alexandra Shipp in Valentino during Paris Fashion Week, September 2019.

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• A dress that used the same print that is seen on this version walked the runway for the Fall 2013 Mary Katrantzou Collection for Look 18.
• It was made under the creative direction of Mary Katrantzou
• For this collection Mary "turned to landscape in the shadowy vistas of old black-and-white photography." Vogue stated that she wanted to shift away from the prints and colour that "have fuelled her meteoric rise, to a strong focus on shape and silhouette." Prints were inspired by the early-twentieth-century photogravures of Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz.
• These dresses were sold out worldwide and wait-listed. While this exact version did not appear on the runway that season its near twin in a different colour-way was worn by Naomi Harris. We added that to this listing as I love that this lets you see how great the silhouette of this is once on the body. The dress she is wearing is available in another listing from today.
• The dress is made out of a fabric that has almost the feel of a very lightweight neoprene. This allows it to perfectly hold the intended shape on and off the body.
• The body is strapless and shaped with vertical seams to fit and hug the bodice. While there is stiffening behind the seams at the front and back the only boning in the dress has been placed at the sides. This makes it extremely comfortable to wear while still fitting snug to the body.
• The waist is seamed for shape and then the skirt is fitted into that with a series of sloped pleats that round the skirt out and over the hips. Depending on your height, this should land at the knee or just above. I love how the skirt comes back in slightly at the hem.
• Hidden along those pleats on each side are pockets that sit on each hip.
• The print on this one is in a beautiful mix of colours depicting a more scenic view that runs over the entire dress. I love the phenomenal pop of colour that this gives this dress.
• The dress is fully lined in a silver toned silk and closes with a back set zipper. It was never worn.
• This one has no size tag but is from the same collection as the other and we believe it is a modern Katrantzou UK10, IT42, US6
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 11" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 30" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5302

Reference Photos: (1) Fall 2013 Mary Katrantzou, Look 18. Model Lauren Bigelow.  /  (2-3) Naomie Harris at the Audi International Polo, July 2013.

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• The near twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 2014 Mary Katrantzou Collection for Look 19.
• It was made under the creative direction of Mary Katrantzou
• For this collection Mary did a series of more evening pieces that focused on prints containing flowers, exaggerated beadwork and jewels.The printd popped and Fashion Daily Mag noted that "she delicately placed flowers upon springtime frocks that are perfect for an English garden party."
• These dresses were sold out worldwide and wait-listed. 
• The dress is made out of a fabric that has almost the feel of a very lightweight neoprene. This allows it to perfectly hold the intended shape on and off the body.
• The bodice curves up and around the scooped neck and I love how it curves down around the openings for the arm. At the back it has an almost exaggerated racer back feel that is split by the zipper. The fabric that it is made out, of along with the vertical seams that shape and fit it over the bodice, keep it soft and comfortable to wear while still fitting snug to the body.
• The waist is seamed for shape and the skirt is fitted into that with a series of wide pleats that give the skirt its incredible fullness. I also appreciate how the vertical seams on the bodice line up exactly with the pleats of the skirt at the front.
  
• Built in between the top layer of the skirt and the lining is netting to help hold the shape and fullness.
• Depending on your height this should land at the knee or just above. 
• Hidden along those seams on each side of the skirt are pockets.
• The print on this one is done in a beautiful mix of soft pastel colours depicting jewels and beads and the print covers the entire dress. I love the contrast of the two colours on the bodice and skirt along with the phenomenal pop of colour that this gives the dress.
• The dress is fully lined in the same fabric through most of the bodice and then has a silver toned silk lining through the rest of the dress. Built in netting through the skirt as described above. It closes with a back set zipper. It was never worn and still has its original tags attached.
• Tagged a modern Katrantzou UK10 which would be a IT42, US6
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 32" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-=MED

Item# DD5301

Reference Photo: Spring 2014 Mary Katrantzou, Look 19.

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• A dress that used the same print that is seen on this version walked the runway for the Fall 2013 Mary Katrantzou Collection for Look 7.
• It was made under the creative direction of Mary Katrantzou
• For this collection Mary "turned to landscape in the shadowy vistas of old black-and-white photography." Vogue stated that she wanted to shift away from the prints and colour that "have fuelled her meteoric rise, to a strong focus on shape and silhouette." Prints were inspired by the early-twentieth-century photogravures of Edward Steichen and Alfred Stieglitz.
• These dresses were sold out worldwide and wait-listed. While this exact version did not appear on the runway that season its twin was worn by Naomi Harris. I love that this lets you see how great the silhouette of this is once on the body.
• The dress is made out of a fabric that has almost the feel of a very lightweight neoprene. This allows it to perfectly hold the intended shape on and off the body.
• The body is strapless and shaped with vertical seams to fit and hug the bodice. While there is stiffening behind the seams at the front and back the only boning in the dress has been placed at the sides. This makes it extremely comfortable to wear while still fitting snug to the body.
• The waist is seamed for shape and then the skirt is fitted into that with a series of sloped pleats that round the skirt out and over the hips. Depending on your height, this should land at the knee or just above. I love how the skirt comes back in slightly at the hem.
• Hidden along those pleats on each side or pockets that sit on each hip.
• The print is mainly done in a black and grey scale but does have that phenomenal pop of colour that runs across the bodice.
• The dress is fully lined in a white silk and closes with a back set zipper. It has its original tags still attached and is unworn.
• Tagged a modern Katrantzou UK10, IT42, US6
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 11" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 30" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5300

Reference Photos: (1) Fall 2013 Mary Katrantzou, Look 7. Modle Bonnie Chen.  /  (2-3) Naomie Harris at the Audi International Polo, July 2013.

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• This is a very pretty late 1970s, early 1980s dress from the Richeline label.
• The Richilene label was launched around 1970 and lasted to about 1990 or so. It was a New York based label and was designed by Ilene Pacun and her husband Richard. The name came by combining their two first names.
• They focused on party dresses for the most part and had a pretty wide range of options price wise. By the mid-1980s their prices ranged from about $200-$2000 and the higher end pieces were very well made.
• This dress combines a soft pastel turquoise and pink floral print with the top and sleeves being done in a silk chiffon and the skirt made out of a silk in the same print.
• The shoulders are soft and the front and the back of the top have a wide scoop that goes almost to the edges of the shoulder.
• The sleeves are incredible. Each is exceptionally wide by the time it reaches the cuffs. They are finished in a beautiful balloon cut. They are cut extra long but once they are closed around the wrist they simply puff out above your hands in the most beautiful way.
• The bodice skims over the bust to a seamed waist for shape. We have added a little turquoise grosgrain ribbon that will be sent with the dress. Inside it is lined in a nude silk chiffon for the upper bodice and shoulders with the rest backed in a blue silk so that it is opaque.
• From there the skirt curves in a very full and open shape over the hips and continues to expand outwards to the floor. There is an immense amount of fabric used in the skirt. It has been gathered in wide soft pleats all the way around the waist and this is what helps to give it its fullness. When you move it moves beautifully around you.
• The dress is fully lined in a blue silk through the bodice as described above and the sleeves are unlined. The skirt has an attached cotton-mix matching blue lining. It closes with a back zipper and there is a hidden snap on each wrist. 
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approximately 26" and are full and open around the upper arm
Shoulders: approximately 14-15"
Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 55.5" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5292

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• A printed version of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 1974 collection
• The dress made under the creative direction of Ossie Clark 
  
• This is one of his most iconic and collectible designs and it is easy to wear as well. I love that we have reference photos. You can see how gorgeous this sits once on the body.I love that we have reference photos. You can see how gorgeous this sits once on the body. I also highly appreciate the models styling and runway 'attitude' as it does fully capture Osse's viewpoint.
• The dress is made out of his signature moss crepe in a beautiful clear red that is flattering on most skin tones. It is very sexy and instantly recognizable as being an Ossie Clark piece.
• The front is cut in a low plunge that meets the waist. At the waist of the plunge is a little gap so you have a bit of a squared off feeling rather than the typical V. Because of the way it is cut and the angle the front is cut on, it is surprisingly secure once on the body and stays in place very well without exposing you despite that low plunge. A curved shoulder yolk wrapped over the shoulder and extends into the back. The fabric at the front between the seam under the bust seam and those shoulder yokes are gathered vertically for added pretty detail.
  
• The sleeves are phenomenal. Each is a cut very wide and are gathered around the shoulder yolk, giving the illusion that they extend directly out from the front and back. Their width gives them an almost caped feel as they flow over the upper arm.
• The bust skims over you and then comes along a upward curving scene that ends at the base of the plunge. This talks and insert that gives you some definition around the waist and then cursed down the centre front of the skirt. It is all shaped to give you an hourglass feel with no harsh lines to break the eye and line of the dress.
• The skirt curves back out and over the hips where it widens out to be quite by the time it reaches the hem. There are yards of beautiful, moss crepe in its construction. An extra panel of fabric is set along the front horizontal seam just below the hip. This adds even more fabric and gives the dress beautiful movement when you move.
• When you stand still it falls in a beautiful column of moss crepe but when you move you really get a sense of the fullness and the amount of fabric in a skirt
• The dress is unlined and made out of a red moss crepe. It closes with a low back zipper with a keyhole slit between the seam of the shoulder yolk and where the zipper starts. Someone has added two snaps to hold the keyhole closed. I have left them, but they could easily be removed, or left undone, if you wanted it to be more open.
  
• Tagged a vintage Ossie UK12
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 11.5" and are full and open
Slightly extended shoulders: approx 16"
Bust: 16.5-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam 
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 12" from top of shoulder to seem under the bust
Total length: 61" from waist to front hem, 62.5" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5279

Reference Photos: Fall 1974 Ossie Clark.

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• Victor Costa launched his label in 1974 and was known for producing versions of what was seen on the Paris runways. Costa chose good fabrics for his designs and even though his work was often very close interpretations of other designs, he did add his own unique twist when it came to colours, cut and fabrics.
• The dress is made out of a red synthetic feeling fabric with a slight sheen finish. The red colour is a good clear red that should be flattering on most skin tones.
• It is strapless and the neckline is cut into a rounded sweetheart shape that is very flattering. A band of fabric edges the entire neck line and where it meets in the centre it continues down the front to form a pretty panel to the waist.
• The bodice is gathered inwards towards that centre band giving a lovely added detail. Big domed silver buttons with six large rhinestones set within the dome are added down the centre of the front band for extra detail and a shot of glamour.
• The bodice is shaped with internal boning at the sides so that it cinches in at the waist.
• The skirt cascades outwards from there to fall very full all the way around you. Underneath the top layer of fabric there is a built-in layer of red netting with added panels that help to hold the shape. We did not add any extra crinolines under the skirt but there is definitely room to add more structure underneath if you wanted the dress to be extremely full and more in line with a 1950s shape.
  
• The dress is fully lined through the bodice in a red fabric and then that attaches to the tulle under skirt. The dress closes with a back zipper. 
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 50" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5280

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• The silhouette of this dress is very well documented and our research turned up two different ads for a black and gold version that appeared in Vogue. It also made an appearance in one of Vogue's party round up editorials. The ads were from the September issues of both 1980 and 1981.
• It was made under the creative direction of Bill Tice
• Countless celebrities own and have worn the different colours of this dress. Lady Gaga wore a version, as have girls like Rachel Zoe & Nicole Richie and every girl that has bought one through me has loved it. It is one of those fail safe pieces that you know is going to work every time you put it on.
• The dress is insanely sexy and bare feeling with a halter style front that plunges to just above the waist. It ties behind the neck and then the back is left completely open and bare.
• The dress is made of a wash and wear metallic gold that has a slight texture to the fabric. It is very light in weight.
• The cut is very clever so that despite its bare appearance it stays in place perfectly once on the body. At the front of the skirt there is a high slit that shows lots of leg when you walk or sit.
• I love his signature wide top-stitched gold fabric belt at the waist. The belt is attached all the way around the back and then ties at the front to cinch you in exactly to where you want.The belt is really what gives it that signature Bill Tice look.
• The dress has the added bonus of travelling very well. It is the kind of piece that you can throw into your suitcase and slip on with either flats or heels when you reach your destination and be instantly ready to go. It packs down to almost nothing and barely wrinkles. 
  
• Unlined and slips on. Ties at the back of the neck and with the attached belt at the waist. Elastic through the front portion of the waist. The easy fit allows it work on a variety of sizes. The gold is a true bright gold in person. 
• Tagged a vintage Tice 6
• Excellent condition.

Bust: variable as there are no side seams
Partial elastic waist: 12-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 15-17" from neck to waist and can be tied to adjust the length if needed
Total length: approx 53" from neck to hem
Front slit: 19" from the hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5273

Reference Photos: (1) Bill Tice for Swirl Ad. Vogue US, September 1980. / (2) Bill Tice Ad. Vogue US, September 1981.  /  (3) Nancy Kissinger in Bill Tice, Vogue, October 1980.

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• This is a very pretty dress from the Spring 2011 Dior collection
• It was made under the creative direction of John Galliano
• I believe that this dress has been slightly altered in some way through the top. Some of the stitching and how it is attached to the strap on the one side are definitely not original. It works the way it is so I have left it. But I do feel like it gives you a bit of leeway in having it re-set to how it will work on you if you wished to make changes.
• The dress is made out of a purple silk chiffon that is layered over an inner attached purple slip that makes it opaque enough to wear
• The bodice has two panels of chiffon that are draped upwards and over the one shoulder. At the back the main panel extends into a little flat bow and the panel that sweeps underneath that one is attached along the strap of the inner dress. 
• The waist is seamed and the bodice blouses over it. The dress came with a pink and purple silk tie belt that is made of two separate cords tied together. Each cord has these gorgeous little handmade silk flowers in red and pink attached at their ends for a total of four flowers. This tie belt allows you to cinch in the waist as much as you wish.
• The skirt skims over the hips from under the seam at the waist and then flows beautifully to the floor. The lightness of the silk chiffon allows it to move around you when you move and the entire dress is light and easy to wear.
• I love how the arm opening on the one side dips a little lower. This adds to the overall Grecian feel that the dress has.
• The dress is fully lined in an inner purple silk and it closes with a combination of silk covered buttons and a series of snaps. I feel like the bodice has been altered at some point as mentioned above and it has been priced accordingly.
• Tagged a vintage Dior FR40, GB12, IT44, US8
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: 18-19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 59" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5272

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• This dress is a production piece for the shops from the Spring 2008 collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Alexander McQueen.
• The dress is made from a purple bias cut silk and you can see the inspiration that the cut and fabric draws from the thirties and forties in its cut. 
  
• Wide straps curve over the shoulders and extend down into a front plunge. The silk is gathered into a centre knot at the base of the plunge. It appears that at some point in the history of this dress, someone has lightly tacked shut about 2" of the plunge so that combined with the way the dress is cut makes it feels very safe to wear and the plunge stays in place.
• Cascading down from the knot is a panel of the same silk. It runs down the centre of the dress all the way to the hem. It creates that beautiful draping you see and also gives the skirt incredible movement. 
  
• Shallow pockets are created along the curve of the front fabric.
• The dress is fully lined in purple silk and closes with a hidden set side zipper. The front has been light tacked shut partway as noted above and could be un-tacked if you wanted a deeper front plunge. It is in its original uncut length. The bias cut should allow it to work on a range of sizes. I have put the comfortable range of measurements below when laying flat.
• Tagged a McQueen 40
• Excellent condition 

Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 61" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5270

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• This is a great Valentino over lay skirt that dates to the 1970s or 1980s and is from the boutique label.
• It was made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino
• Valentino launched his ready-to-wear label in 1962 just two years after opening his first salon in Rome. He often brought in the designs that he created for his main couture label into the boutique work. In these early days pieces were remarkably close in quality and the line between the two labels was often blurred. 
• The skirt is made out of a deep pink and black silk chiffon in a oversized floral print that is gorgeous.
• This was meant to be worn over something else and it is fully opened down the front from the waist to the hem.
• The waist is banded and hooks at the front to close. The silk falls to the floor from there. There is a tremendous amount of silk in this piece so it has a lot of movement around you when you move. 
• I love that you can wear this over everything from boy shorts, to a short or full length skirt, pants, or even a swimsuit. The styling options are endless.
• The overlay is unlined and closes at the front waist with three hook and eye. Under that it is fully open to the floor. Because of how it opens at the front, you could easily make it smaller and there is an inch of fabric that you could use if you needed to make it bigger.
• Tagged a vintage Valentino 8
• Excellent condition
  

Waist: 12" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 47" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5269

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• This jacket dates to the 1980s and is from Bob Mackies main label.
• It was made under the creative direction of Bob Mackie
• It is interesting to know that the twin of this jacket was owned by Whitney Houston and that was just recently auctioned fetching a price of $5760 after auction fees were applied. We also found photos of one worn by Olivia Joan Galli giving you a great idea of how amazing this is once on.
• The other added note of interest for this particular jacket is that my client bought it at an Amfar gala auction and it was sold as being a part of Mackie's archive.
• The cut is deliberately oversized. This one has a very oversized feel and it is a size medium. I found it fascinating that the one that Whitney owned was a size large, making it in theory even more oversized than this one (even if she was tall).
• The jacket is fully covered in beads and sequins and has a casino theme. You can clearly see all of the casino themed motifs that cover the jacket. The auction that sold the twin of this noted that the 777 was Whitney's lucky number.
• The shoulders are sloped and have padding inside for shape. The sleeves are long with a slightly wider feeling cut to them.
• Through the body it is full and open. It is meant to be more oversized once on the body rather than fitted.
• The jacket is fully lined in a black silk and has no closures. It slips on to wear. Its oversized cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes and it will just feel more oversized on a smaller frame.
• Tagged a vintage Mackie medium
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 23.5" and are 14.5" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 16.5"
Bust-hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 33.5" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5268

Reference Photos: (1) Bob Mackie Jacket from the Whitney Houston Auction at Julien's.  /  (2) Olivia Joan Galli photographed by Jack Casto for The Coveteur, 2022.

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• This is from the special edition 2024 Valentino Summer Escape capsule collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of the in-house team while they were waiting for Alessandro Michele to join the label.
• The capsule pieces were "modern interpretations of the Valentino archives" including plays on the famous chevron striping that you see on this piece. 
• It is a simple giant square of fabric made out of a cotton mix. It is feather light and meant to be a piece that you slip on over other things, from a bathing suit, to shorts, to a simple dress.
• Your arms slip through openings across the top and there is a little stitch that brings the inner edges of the front inwards so that it falls beautifully around you.
• The back is kept simple and the lightness of the fabric allows it to billow out behind you as you move. The lightness of the fabric also gives it a touch of transparency that is very pretty.
• It is covered in a multi-colour pastel rainbow of stripes that have the Valentino name worked  throughout the piece from top to bottom, leaving no doubt as to who you were wearing.
• It is unlined and slips on with no closures. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Its original retail price was US$2980
• There is no size tag present. Its loose and easy open cut should allow to fit any size.
• Excellent condition

62" across from side to side x 59" from top to bottom
The opening for the arms are 18" around your arm slip through and narrow to just under 12" around by the wrist

Modern Sizing Equivalent: OSFA

Item# DD5262

Reference Photos/Video: (1-2) Valentino's 2024 Escape Collection photographed by Andy Harrington.  /  (3-4) Valentino Escape 2024 Ad Campaign.

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• The dress has the same feel as the floral Spring 1978 Dior's that I have had in the shop in a couple of colours and I believe that this is from the same collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Marc Bohan.
• It is a very special dress and even without any firm documentation (yet) it is an absolutely beautiful dress in its own right.
• The dress is made out of a pink silk chiffon that is of the highest possible grade and is fine and light in weight.
• The dress is suspended from the shoulders from little pink straps made out of the same silk. The top is cut straight across and then has a little ruffle panel that follows the entire neckline. At the sides, the neckline continues and expand outwards to become the top of little floating sleeves that fall over your upper arm. These are very generously cut and have a bit of a cape feeling once on. They have been pleated where they inset around the arm and then the pleats open out so you get even more fullness.
• Under that the silk falls over the bust and waist in a very generous and full way. The dress has a bit of a nod to the 1920s and how it feels. This makes it very easy to fit and keeps it light and airy once on. A low set seam catches the silk back in words in seam sits at the top of the hip. The silk through the bodice is also pleated and this adds to its fullness and volume.
• I love the little pink silk satin ribbons that tie in bows at the base of each strap at the front. Two more bows are stacked in line with those to sit along the seam at the top of the hips. Another two are added in the same spot at the back. These are an extremely pretty and feminine touch.
• The skirt falls from that low set seam to about the knee, depending on your height, and here again the fabric is done generously in a soft floating expanse of the same pleated silk chiffon as the top.
• The lightness of the fabric and ease in the cut allow it to move beautifully when you move and the cut through the body is loose and open so it is very easy to wear and fit.
• The dress is fully lined in a pink silky rayon and closes with a side set painted metal zipper along the inner lining and then the outer chiffon layer snaps in place over that. Slight elastic through the neckline. I see some light marks here and there and I have photoed them for you. There are two on the edge of one sleeve, a very tiny set of marks on the front bodice, and some marks on the skirt near the hem. Because of the amount of fabric that the dress has, these are not easily apparent once it is on but are seeing when the dress is lane flat and you check for them. Please see the photos after the label shot.
• There is no size tag present, so please go by the measurements list below
• Excellent overall condition.

Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Low set seam: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 19" from top of the shoulder to low set seam
Total length: 40" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5259

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• Oleg Cassini started his career working for Jean Patou, opened his first shop in Rome and eventually moved to the US in 1936. He designed Hollywood costumes starting in 1941 and dressed Hollywood for decades. He also had his own label and was the designer of choice for Jacqueline Kennedy while she was the First Lady.
•  In 2003, The Council of Fashion Designers of America Board of Directors noted Cassini's extraordinary design achievements with their first ever Board of Directors Special Tribute.
• This dress is from his Black Tie label which was his ready-to-wear line in the 1980s.
• The dress is made of a pink silk chiffon and then that has been densely covered in iridescent clear sequins. Mixed in and around the sequins are thousands of little clear glass tube beads that have silver in their centres. The same tube beads are applied to form a border that runs over the straps and around the neckline.
• Pretty straps curve up and over each shoulder and the front neckline is scooped. The back is also scooped and set to sit a little lower so more of your upper back is exposed. My dress form is a bit short-waisted and the front neckline will fall properly on an actual body and will not be as low as it appears here.
• It skims over the bust and is shaped to come in slightly over the waist. From there curves back out over the hips. The skirt falls from there in a fairly straight line to the hem. At the back there is a slit that runs up the centre to allow you to walk easily.
• Inside it is lined in a pink silky rayon, and that combined with the pink silk chiffon of the outer layer, keeps it very light in weight and easy to wear.
• The dress is fully lined in a pink silky rayon and closes with a back hidden set zipper. I do see the occasional loose thread and perhaps a missing sequin or beadhere and there, but I do not see any bare areas.
• Tagged a vintage Cassini 10
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 59" from top of shoulder to hem and the slit is 21" from the ham up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5254

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• This is from the Halston IV line and is a made from a silver lurex lame that has the slightest bronze undertone. This is one of the hardest colours to find. 
• The simple classic design makes it an easy way to be instantly dressed up and still entirely comfortable. 
• Rachel Zoe owns and wears the twin of this in the gold version and she has worn and posted herself wearing hers a few times on her Instagram account.
  
• Whenever I get these metallic ones I feel that they are just that little bit extra special. It is a dress that is so easy to wear. It can go from the beach, to entertaining at home with flats, to full on evening glamour.
• The caftan is cut deceptively simple with a slit front neck and a second slit that goes up from the hem along the centre seam at the front.
• The cut is loose and meant to skim over the body. The sleeves come out directly from the body of the caftan and then narrow down towards the wrist. The skirt flows to the floor and widens out as it reaches the hem. The waist is open and easy.
• If you wanted more definition you could easily add a belt to add shape.
• This is a wonderful piece with all the minimalist lines that we all love about Halston.
• The caftan is unlined and slips on to wear. The fabric has a slight transparency to it. I see some very tiny pulls in the fabric here and there and this is very common with this particular fabric. The loose and easy cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes. 
  
• There is no size tag present, so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approx. 20"
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam and it widens to approx 24" flat across around the hips
Length: 56" from shoulder to hem with 1.5" turned under the hem
Slit: 14" from hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5247

Reference Photos: Rachel Zoe wearing Halston (from her Instagram)

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• This is an amazing 1950s wedding dress by Fred Perlberg.
• Perlberg started his label in 1920 at the age of 19 and continued as the designer until 1968 when he retired.
• The Perlberg company dresses were well made and done in small production runs so that they could focus on good quality pieces. 
• The dress is made out of an ivory rayon that drapes and falls beautifully over the body. The fabric has enough weight so that it holds the intended shape you see.
• The bodice is strapless with a pretty pleating detail that runs over the entire bodice. Light boning has been hidden inside to hold the dress in place around you.
• The waist is nipped in for shape and then the skirt curves out over the hips. The fabric of the skirt is gathered up and into the top side of each hip and this is what creates the pretty curving draping down the sides and across the front of the skirt. As it near the floor it narrows back inward slightly which also adds to the draping effect.
• At the back there are extra panels of fabrics built in to give it more fullness and volume. It is elaborately gathered and draped at the back. There is enough fullness created in the back skirts that you could even add a back half crinoline underneath if you wanted this to be even more full through the back for that classic 1950s feel.
• The dress is fully lined in a silky rayon through the top and the skirt is lined with a stiffened cotton muslin netting. It closes with a back zipper and the interior bodice is lightly boned for shape. I see a couple of tiny spots here and there. I have photoed some of them for you to see. There is some grubbiness along the edge of the hem.
• No size tag is present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Great condition.

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 11" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 52" from top of bodice to front hem, 56" to the back

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5243

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• A look with the beaded version of this fabric walked the runway for the Fall 2024 collection for Look 66.
• It was made under the creative direction of Giorgio Armani.
• The Armani show was the closing show of the 2024 Fall Milan fashion week. After the show Armani had told The Guardian “I don’t think I will ever stop working, because dressing people is my life’s great passion.”
• This is a sample dress from the collection and its production version was priced at around €6000.
  
• The dress is made from a fine mesh in a deep blue-black. This gives the entire dress a slight transparency in between and behind the embroidery added on top of the mesh. It also lets you have the versatility of how covered you wish to be depending on what you choose to wear underneath it.
• On to the mesh is a very pretty embroidered design with pale blue and pink flowers with deep blue vines and leaves connecting the flowers.
• Wide straps extend out from the centre front and curve up beside the neck and then run back down to meet at a centre point of the low back. The front neckline is gathered into where the straps begin for a pretty little detail there. Most of the upper back is left bare and exposed.
• The cut over the waist is generous and if you wanted to add more shape you could always add a belt. The skirt falls to the floor from there gently widening outwards to the hem. It has a pretty amount of fullness that gives it lovely movement when you walk.
• It closes with a back hidden set zipper. It was never worn and its tag clearly marked it as a sample. 
• Being a sample there is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below. The fabric has a bit of movement and I have listed the comfortable range when laying flat below.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 15-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 14.5" from top of bodice to seam under the bust
Total length: 59" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5235

Reference Photo: Fall 2024 Giorgio Armani, Look 66.

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• George Stavropoulos was known for his evening wear and his signature looks often involved draping and the use of silk done on a bias cut. He focused on cut and fabric to convey the beauty of each piece. It was said that his gowns 'seemed to float on air'.
• He launched his label in 1960 and soon was dressing women like Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy, Barbra Streisand and Maria Callas.
• The majority of his gowns are almost entirely made by hand and to couture standards.
• The dress is made out of a layer of a bias cut black silk that sits over two more layers of black silk chiffon. The inner layers are also bias cut and the three layers float over each other perfectly to drape over the body.
  
• The neckline is scooped across the front and the shoulders are soft.
• From there the dress falls in this extravagant swoosh of bias cut silk. It is cut very long and it falls over you with the seaming shaping the dress and giving it the shape that you see.
• It skims loosely over the bust and comes in at the waist. A seam starts just under the arm and curves down in an elongated point at the front. This is what gives the waste shape. I love how the silk has been lightly gathered in along that seam for a tiny touch of detail. The same same repeats at the back.
• From there it widen out to curve over the hips. The skirt falls to the floor under that with several yards of silk making up the skirt. The skirt is quite full by the time it reaches the hem and is close to a full circle around.
• The bias cut lets it swirl and drape around the body underneath and at the same time it feels insanely comfortable to wear.
• The sleeves are incredible. Each is cut so that they get wider as they reach the ends and then they have been gathered so that they balloon up and over a wide cuff. This gives them stunning movement as well as adding a striking element to the dress. 
• It is immensely flattering once on and should work an a wide variety of shapes. If you wanted more shape you could cinch the waist in with a belt and it would transform the dress into a different feel altogether. This is a dress you will want to wear over and over for every occasion from day to evening.
• The dress is lined with two layers of silk chiffon through the skirt as described above. The bodice has a black silk lining and the sleeves are unlined. It closes with a back set zipper. Each cuff closes with two hidden set, silk covered snaps. The bias cut does have some give so should fit a variety of sizes. Hand finishes throughout and should be considered to be demi-Couture.
• There is no size tag presence so please go by the listed measurements below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 29" and will come up of touch once on. They are 14" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 14.5"
Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 58" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5231

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• This is a beautiful example of the 1970s Givenchy.
• It was made under the creative direction of Hubert de Givenchy
• In 1952 Givenchy founded his namesake house on Rue Alfred de Vigny in Paris and quickly rose to fame as one of the grand couturiers. 16 years later for the 1968-69 season, he added a ready-to-wear line of clothing and accessories called 'Givenchy Nouvelle Boutique'. The line was initially sold in the United States exclusively through Bergdorf Goodman stores and was eventually available at other retailers as well. The line was high end and extremely well made. He launched this line to expand his customer base and it made to appeal specifically to his non-couture clients. This label continued until 1992.
• The dress is made from a feather light dotted silk organza that is set in layered tiers that run from the top of the dress to the hem. 
• The bodice is suspended from the shoulder with straps made of the same silk. Each strap curves over the shoulder and then the first ruffle of silk starts from around the top edge of the top.
• The neckline is cut fairly straight across on both the front and back. The ruffles continue down the entire length of the dress and each one gets wider than the one above it. There are eight ruffles in total and it is just spectacular.
• The movement that the ruffles create as you move is fantastic.
• The dress underneath is made from the same dotted fabric and it also follows that widening line of the dress all the way to the hem.
• The skirt falls to the floor in a dramatic sweep that widens out as it near the floor.
• This cut is incredibly easy to wear and flattering. I love how the silk ruffles move around you beautifully with the slightest movement.
• There is a little silk flower attached at the base of one strap that gives the dress a little extra pop of colour for the perfect finishing touch. 
• The dress is fully lined in a red silk and closes with a back set zipper. Each tier has tiny snaps to close each of the ruffles over the zipper to hide it so that it appears that there is no opening. I see one tiny hole near the hem of one ruffle near the bottom. It otherwise appears to have been worn very little if at all. Hand finishes throughout.
• Tagged a vintage Givenchy 8.
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner seam under the bust: 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 58" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5224

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• This great little print Leonard dress dates to the 1970s.
• The Leonard Paris label began as a textile firm in 1954 and for the first four years of its existence it only produced fabric. In 1958 they started making garments but it was not until about 1970 when they started using a printed silk jersey for the majority of their collections that the label really took off. They are often compared to Pucci and during the seventies the two labels battled it out to be the label of choice for the jet set.
• This is a very easy-to-wear and travel with kind of dress. It is made out of one of their signature silk jersey fabrics. This silk jersey fabric choice is what gives these dresses their perfect drape and ease.
• Each of their dresses were made of a custom designed print. On this one a washed over-sized floral print runs over the entire dress. The colours are a beautiful rainbow mix of pastels. The flower print is large and very pretty. Contrasting stripes with the same floral print inside the striping edges the neckline cuffs and hem.
• The entire neckline is finished with elastic so you can wear the dress completely off the shoulder. If you wanted to you could also wear it up on top of the shoulder.
• The bodice is cut extremely loose and easy over the body and drapes over an elastic waist. This makes the dress very easy to fit and it will work on a variety of sizes.
• Each sleeve has that same ease to them that the dress has and are very full. They end just above the elbow and have elastic around their ends so again it is an easy fit. Once on they puff up a bit and are very pretty.
• Under that the skirt skims over the hips and flares out slightly as it nears the hem. With all of the silk jersey that is gathered in and around the waist there is quite a bit of fabric in the skirt so it has great movement when you move.
• The dress is unlined and slips over the head to wear. The waist, around the neckline and cuffs are finished with elastic. It is an easy dress to wear and fit and will just drape more on a smaller frame. The printed part of the fabric is signed throughout. 
• There is no size tag present and I have put the comfortable range of measurements when laying flat below. Between the stretch of the fabric and the elastic that should fit a range of sizes. It will just drape more on a smaller size.
• Excellent condition.

Sleeves: approx 13.5" and are open and full around the upper arm
Bust: approx 16-24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 11-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 16" from top of natural shoulder to waist
Total length: approx 58.5" from top of natural shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5214

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• This exceptional dress is documented to Spring 1969.
• Kiki Hart is a fantastic little vintage label. The dresses were well made and they had gorgeous lines. It is very rare to be able to pinpoint a date on one as accurately as this.
• The dress has the prettiest floral design mixed with a design to make it feel like it is a multi-colour patchwork piece. This has been screened onto a feather light silk organza for the bodice and sleeves and a silk twill for the skirt.
• The neckline is simple and the top skims over the bodice in an easy way to the waist where you can cinch it in with its matching tie belt in the same silk as the skirt. The areas across the top of the neckline, shoulders and upper back have been left unlined so you have a pretty touch of transparency.
• The skirt falls to the floor from the waist and it is made from a beautifully weighted silk that holds the colour of the print beautifully. It is quite full with many yards of fabric used to make the skirt. All of that fabric means that with your slightest move the skirt floats around you beautifully. 
• The sleeves are fantastic. Each is a very full balloon sleeve made out of a single layer of the silk organza. They puff out dramatically above each cuff.
• Besides the long rectangle of fabric tied around the waist the dress comes with an absolutely huge square of the same silk organza that the top part of the dress is made out of. All of the edges on the square are hand rolled and I believe it was meant to be folded and worn on the head. You could of course style it a million different ways or use it on its own with other things from your closet.
• It is a stunning and an outstanding example of how great this label could be and the dress is beautifully made. 
• The bodice and skirt are lined in and ivory rayon and the sleeves are unlined.  It closes with a X zipper. Each cuff closes with back, set zipper. Each cuff snaps to close with three hidden set snaps. The original tie belt and the added large square scarf is included. The waist is cut generous and then you cinch it in with the tie belt. I see one tiny repair near the seam on the back of the arm.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 26" and are 13" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15.5" from neck to waist
Total length: 59" from neck to hem with just under 2" turned under the hem.
Silk tie belt: 82" x 9.25"
Silk organza square: 39" square

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5213

Reference Photo: Marsha Hughes in Kiki Hart's "quilt print" chiffon gown to the gala of Showboat for Hope, July 1969.

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• This dress dates to either the 1971/1972 spring season.
• It was made under the creative direction of Jules-Francois Crahay
• Jules-Francois headed the Lanvin ateliers from 1964-1984. He has been noted as one of fashion’s 'great colorists with his colorful patterns making his 1970s Lanvin designs hugely desirable and influential.' His time at the Lanvin label is one of my personal favourites for the house.
• He mainly used this particular type of fabric for his 1971-1972 collections and in the book on his work 'Jules Francois Crahay" by Lanvin there is a detail photo of a couture fabric noted as been most likely from the fall 1971 Couture collection and you can see it has the same weave as the fabric used for this dress.
• The dress has a gorgeous bright colour and print combination. The cotton pique it is made of is light in weight and holds colour exceptionally well so the colours are still crisp and true. A texture runs through the fabric that adds visual interest and structure to the fabric.
• The front halter is created by two triangles that curve up and behind the neck. Each side is set into the top of a wide 5.5" band that defines the waist. This leaves the back completely bare and exposed.
• From there the skirt falls to the floor and it widens as it nears the hem.
• I love how the pattern is laid out onto the dress to emphasize the different parts of it. The halter has a smaller floral pattern and then the waist has horizontal stripes. You see the same smaller floral pattern around the hips and the stripes repeat. Below that is a larger version of the flowers with a double stripe anchoring the dress around the hem to tie everything together.
• The colour is a coral-red with pops of yellow, green and soft orange in the print.
• The perfect finish is the top set pockets that sit on each hip.
• The dress is fully lined through the band of the waist and the skirt is lined in an orange silk. The halter top is unlined. It closes with a low set back zipper. 
• Excellent condition

Bust: each halter covers approx 7" flat across from side to side
Seam at the top of the band: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist seam at the bottom of the band: 13.75" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 10" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 13" from neck to top of the band at the waist
Total length: 59" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5211

Reference Photo: From the book "Jules Francois Crahay" by Lannoo.

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• This is a pretty little Dior that is one that would have been made for the shops.
• The dress is made from a black silk net that has an intricate pattern laid over it that combines black silk ribbon, black cording and embroidery work.
• The bodice is strapless and has inner boning so that it hugs the body and stays in place.
• Ribbon and cording wrap horizontally around the top of the bodice and then under that are panels of lattice mixed with cross thatched netting and swirling bands of cording applied to it. All of the ribbon has been applied by hand and you can see all of the tiny stitches that have been done.
• The waist nips in and there is another silk and cord band to add definition. The skirt flares out from under that.
• The skirt is a little masterpiece in itself. It is very full and short and the netting gives it a touch of transparency over the inner silk chiffon lining. Long vertical bands of silk are combined the same lattice pattern from the bodice and then there is additional embroidery work over top of that. 
• Embroidered flowers are placed all around the bottom of the skirt for the perfect extra touch. We shot it without any extra underskirts but there is enough fabric that you could probably add a light crinoline if you really wanted more fullness. There is already an extra layer of tulle over the silk chiffon inner skirt that helps hold the volume. These multiple layers give the dress structure so that it holds the shape around you once on. 
• It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Fully lined in a combination of black silk and silk net. It closes with a hidden back side zipper. Lightly boned through the bodice with two inner stays under the bust and another at the waist that all hook to close. Hand finishes. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern Dior FR36, GB8, IT40, US4.
• 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: 8.5" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 28" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5205

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• Jan Faulkner is a leather artist who began her career about 30 years ago. This is an early piece of her work from the 1980s
• It is made out of a black suede that has a leather finish to the interior side.
• The suede is almost certainly deerskin as it is extremely soft and supple.
• It slips over the head and is meant to be full and easy through the body.
• The shoulders are soft and extended to form a small cap feeling sleeve.
• The entire dress has these little slit cut outs running over its surface. Each grouping of the cut outs have been highlighted with pearls and small hand tied fringes in the same black suede. This makes the dress slightly see-through in a subtle kind of way. 
• It drapes down and narrows in at the hem. The suede is so soft that it is like a fabric over the body.
• The neckline is wide enough that you can wear it off one shoulder if you wished. 
• It is meant to be worn oversized and it is short enough to wear as a micro mini or tunic.
  
• It slips over the head to wear with no closures.
• Excellent condition.

Shoulders: the seams drop well down the top of the arm so there is no true defined seam for the shoulder
Bust: to 26" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 31" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-LRG

Item# DD5206

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• This is from 2006 and is a very cute little black dress that has a real bit of sexiness to it.
• It was made under the creative direction of Miuccia Prada
• The top portion of the neckline is made from a black silk chiffon so has a touch of transparency. The chiffon carries down the sides and then across and underneath the scoop at the back.
• The body of the dress is made out of a black silk that helps to hold the shape. It skims past the bust, widens out over the waist and then is very full over the hips. At the front it flares out in a pretty and full A-line to the hem.
• The back of the dress has a low open scooped cut out that leaves most of your back bare and exposed. The chiffon on either side and just under the scoop has a touch of transparency. It is so good.
• The back of the skirt is all gathered into a curved seam under that and this gives the fabric all of the volume that you see. Those gathers combined with the way it is cut let it sit up and off the small of your back a touch and this just emphasizes all the fullness back there even more.
• Under the skirt is a built in under skirt made out, helps to provide the volume that you see. I love how it kicks out past the hem of the dress.
• The dress is fully lined in a black silk and closes with a side set hidden zipper. It still has its original tag attached.
• Tagged a Prada 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 37.5" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5198

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 15 for the Spring 2015 collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Donatella Versace.
• The dress was worn by Anja Rubik on the runway and it was wait listed worldwide and sold out everywhere.
• The dress is made out of a black stretch fabric so once it is on it molds and conforms to your body. You can see this on the runway shots. It is very sexy.
• It has a single long sleeve and the shoulder on that side is soft. The other shoulder is left bare and exposed.
• It skims over the bust and comes in at the waist. Starting just under the bust on one side is a cut out at the waist that is held together with three of the iconic Versace pins. These are of course a nod to be famous Versace safety pin dress. That open cut out continues horizontally all the way around to the back to leave a bare strip of skin showing around the waist and back.
• From there it hugs the hips and narrows back in above the knee.
• The dress is fully lined and slips on to wear with a hidden set side zipper. It was never worn and still has its original tag attached. The dress looks very tiny off. The body is meant to stretch. I've added the comfortable range of measurements below.
• Tagged a Versace 40
• Excellent condition

Sleeve: 25" and is 10-11" around the upper arm
Bust: 14-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 11-13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 35" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5199

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2015 Versus Versace, Look 15. Model Anja Rubik.

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• A spectacular dress that dates to the 1960s
• It was made under the creative direction of Geoffrey Beene.
• The dress is made out of a black silk organza layered over a second layer of silk and an inner lining. Sewn in between the top and second layer of silk are large metallic silver discs that show through the top layer. These are scattered over the entire dress. The effect that this creates is fantastic.
• The dress wraps to close over you and it has a large pleated band to detail the waist and add shape.
• The sleeves are long and each ends in a band that is made of large silver and gold sequin discs that are spaced tightly together. This causes them to sit upright off the fabric. The discs are set. in clusters, secured with beads and all the work is by hand. 
• That same heavy detailing of the gold and silver discs runs all the way around the neck line and continues down to the side of the waist. From there it continues all the way down the front to the hem. I love how this highlights the wrap design of the dress. 
• The dress is fully lined in a pale nude tone silky rayon and closes at the front with a series of hidden hand set snaps. Some of the sequins that edge the neckline are broken and many are lightly tarnished. There is very very faint change of colour under the arms on the inside. Both these issues are minor but mentioned for accuracy.
• There is no size tag present so please go buy the measurements listed below.
• Overall excellent condition

Sleeves: 22.5" and are 12" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
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: open
Bodice: 13" from neck to waist
Total length: 60" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5186

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• This is an extraordinary Halston that we believe is from the Spring 1981 collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roy Halston
• The dress is made out of a black cotton silk mix that has little white embroidered dots scattered over the entire surface. It is so pretty.
• To wear it, you simply wrap it around yourself and close it with a series of hook & eyes. One of the hallmarks of a Halston design is the way that he used the very bare minimum of seaming and closures and you see that in this dress.
• After wrapping it around you, you get a wide set V at the front. Attached to the neck line is a wide panel of the same fabric that goes all the way around the shoulders and meet back at the front again. I love how this creates a caped feel over the top of your shoulders and across the back.
• Because of the way that it is wrapped around you, you can wear the dress on top of the shoulders are completely off of the shoulders. The versatility of this is like having two dresses in one.
• The waist is elastic so it is very easy to fit and comfortable once on the body. It should allow it to fit a range of sizes. If you really wanted to cinch in the waist and create shape you could add a belt.
• The hem of the skirt is finished with a second wide panel of fabric. Here it is a full 16" in height. It is cut to follow the curved shape of the hem at the back and then continues where it comes up at the front. I love the pretty curve that this creates and when you see it in person, you realize that the back is cut longer than the front with a beautiful sweep. The wrap design also lets a bit of a flash of bare leg show when you move or walk.
• The dress is fully lined in a hand set black silk organza. It wraps to close and hooks at the waist. Hand finishes throughout.
• There is no size tag present so please go buy the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 11-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open 
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 50" from top of shoulder to the shortest part of the front hem and its 60" to the back hem.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5187

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• This is an original Gianni Versace label piece most likely from the late 1990s 
  
• This would have been made under the creative direction of Gianni Versace.
• The dress is made out of a knit that has a gold Lurex thread running through it so that it has a fantastic metallic feel but still soft and easy to wear.
• The knit has a pretty chain stitch that gives it added texture combined with the gold metallic thread.
• The front neckline edge is ribbed and the straps curve up and over to meet the side of the back. The dress comes with its original laces that you can slip through little slit openings down the sides of the back to have the entire back have a laced up effect. You can also wear it without the laces for a completely open and bare back. The very low edge of the back and the hem are also finished with that same ribbing effect as the front edging. 
• One side of the dress is slit from the hem up and and you can lace that up as well or you can wear it without the laces. 
• The dress slips on to wear and is unlined. The knit has stretch and I have given the range of measurements below. The length may come up a touch once on depending on how it sits on you.
• Tagged a vintage Versace 42/8
• Excellent condition

Bust: 13-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 11-14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 15-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 59" from top of shoulder to hem. 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5178

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• The twin of the dress was shown for the Pre-fall 2010 Valentino collection.
• It was made under the creative design of both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. 
• This is one of their earlier collections after stepping into Mr Valentino's shoes and I love that they stayed true to the label's heritage by using a classic Valentino red for this dress.
• The dress is made from a red silk that has a slight sheen to it and is in the signature shade of red that Valentino is so well known for. The fabric choice keeps the dress light in weight while still holding that beautiful shape that you see.
• A vertically gathered panel curves up and over one shoulder and then the bodice is gathered horizontally across you. It is cut on a slight angle across the edge at the top and the side without the shoulder curves in at the waist and over the top of the hip. The other side is gathered on an angle into the side. This all creates the illusion of a smaller waist.
• The skirt wraps over itself and this creates a draping panel down one side. It is open underneath so if you move a certain way, you do see a flash of bare leg.
• The skirt gradually widens out as it nears the hem and the open panel on the one side allows the fabric of the skirt to have movement when you walk.
• It is fully lined in a red silk through the bodice and has light boning. The skirt is lined in a red silk chiffon. The dress closes with a hidden set side zipper.
• There is no size tag present so please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 57" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5172

Reference Photo: Pre Fall 2010 Valentino, Look 30.

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• This dress is a production piece for the shops from the Spring 2008 collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Alexander McQueen.
• The dress is made from a red bias cut silk and you can see the inspiration that the cut and fabric draws from the thirties and forties in its cut. 
  
• Wide straps curve over the shoulders and extend down into a deep front plunge. The silk is gathered into a centre knot at the base of the plunge. Because of the way the dress is cut and the weight of the knot at the base it feels very safe to wear and the plunge stays in place.
• Cascading down from the knot is a panel of the same silk. It runs down the centre of the dress all the way to the hem. It creates that beautiful draping you see and also gives the skirt incredible movement. 
  
• The dress is fully lined in a red silk and closes with a hidden set side zipper. It is in its original length. There is some minor grubbiness at the hem but otherwise appears to have been worn very little. The bias cut should allow it to work on a range of sizes. I have put the comfortable range of measurements below when laying flat.
• Tagged a McQueen 46
• Excellent condition 

Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 61" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5171

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• This dress was one that was produced for the shops
• It was made under the creative direction of Clare Wright Keller.
• The dress is easy to wear while still being incredibly sexy. It is made out of a thicker jersey that is cut on the bias and this lets it drape beautifully over you and still be completely opaque.
• The plunge at the front gives it a very edgy and sexy feel while the jersey keeps it feeling comfortable.
• The colour is a beautiful deep pink. It is cut in one long tube with a seam at the waist on the front of the dress only.
• The dress has no collar and plunges down at the front to the waist. Two long ties extend out from the base of the front plunge. You can loop or knot them and then they fall almost to the floor at the front.
• The sleeves are long and simple and the shoulders are soft.
• The skirt flares out at it reaches the floor with a high slit runs up the front so you get a flash of leg when you move
• The dress is in its original uncut supermodel length and still has its original hang tags. It closes with a back hidden set zipper.
• The fabric has some stretch and I have put the comfortable range of measurements laying flat. You could probably get a little more if needed
• Tagged a modern Givenchy 34
• Excellent condition with some minor grubbiness around the hem

Sleeves: 25" and are 9-10" around the upper arms
Dropped shoulders: 15.5"
Bust: 15-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from neck to waist
Total length: 65" from neck to hem
Slit: 33.5"

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5160

Reference Photos: (1) Melanie Hamrick at the American Ballet Theater Spring Gala, 2018.  /  (2) credit unknown.

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• The twin of the dress was shown for Look 8 in the Pre-Fall 2013 Gucci collection.
• Made under the creative direction of Frida Giannini
  
• One was also worn by Clara Paget that same year
• A gorgeous leopard print covers the entire surface of the top silk chiffon layer of the dress.
• The front crosses over itself at the neck and then buttons in place behind the neck. Under that the top blouses over you and comes in at the waist. This leaves the back almost fully open and bare.
• It was shown with a belt that was sold separately and you could easily wear it with any belt to add more shape or wear it without.
• The skirt falls from the waist and it is incredibly full with yards and yards of chiffon. When you move this catches the air and billows out to move fantastically around you.
• The Gucci logo for this time period is worked within the leopard pattern over the entire dress
• Fully lined in a black silk chiffon and closes with a back hidden set zipper. It buttons to close at the back of the neck
• Tagged a Gucci 40
• Excellent condition with some very minor repairs near the hem of the skirt that you would never see

Bust: covers to 16.5" flat across from side to side with no true side seams
Waist: 13-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 15" from neck to waist
Total length: 61" from neck to front hem, 66" to the longest point at the back

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5151

Reference Photos: (1) Pre-Fall 2013 Gucci, Look 8. Model Lin Kjeruif.  /  (2) Clara Paget in Gucci at the Serpentine Summer Party, 2013.

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• The label on the suit dates it to the early to mid-90s and it is almost certainly a production piece made for the shops
• It was made under the creative direction of Alexander McQueen.
• The suit is very unusual and shows the depth and range that he had in executing design.
• Here he has almost taken the idea of the structured suit to its limits. The fabric is a deep charcoal nylon mix and it has a remarkable texture to it. It is also extremely light in weight and yet holds the shape that you see effortlessly. It is very interesting.
• The collar is a collar within a collar. There is an inner piece that is meant to sit up and frame the face and then this is attached within a secondary collar that sits more on the outside of your shoulders.
• The jacket is brought in at the waist and it ties into place on the outside and inside, letting you send it in as much as you wish. From there it curvee back out over the hips.
• The sleeves are cut extra long and you can push them up or wear them over the top of your hands. They are cut on a bit of a curve and the cuffs are set on an angle with the fabric gathered and stitched up on one side. They flare out slightly and the fabric is caught up underneath itself so that they have a bit of puff to them. There is a strip of raw edged black netting that has a row of burnished gold sequins set on top of that to wrap around each wrist.
• The skirt has that same sequin and netting detail at the very front and then it expands outward with a great amount of volume.
• It is brought up and gathered all the way around in at different heights to create that incredible draped and puffed feel that it has. How it falls in the photos is how it naturally falls.
• Both pieces are very light in weight so it is very easy to wear despite its intricate feeling design.
• The jacket is fully lined in a black silk and the skirt has a lining behind the waist area and the rest of the skirt is unlined. The jacket ties to close at the waist and the skirt closes with side set exposed zipper. 
  
• The jacket is tagged a McQueen 46 and the skirt a 40
• Excellent condition and appears to have been worn very little if at all.

Jacket
Sleeves: approx 30" and are 12" around the upper on
Shoulders: 15.5"
Bust: to 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist-hips: adjustable with the ties
Total length: 22" from neck to hem

Skirt
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 31.5" from waist to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5149

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• This is a fantastically rare and special metallic gold jumpsuit from the 1950s.
• This is the kind of thing you will only ever find in vintage.
• It is well made and potentially a piece that had a second designer label in it at some point. Shops like the Elizabeth Arden couture salon in NYC carried their own pieces as well as pieces from other designers. 
  
• These metallic playsuit pieces are so rare and hard to find and this one is in just exceptional condition.
• This great little playsuit is made out of a very early metallic fabric that feels like it has actual metal in the threads. It has an almost structured feel to the fabric itself.
• The gold is a bright metallic tone and a touch brighter than how you what you see here. It really catches the light wonderfully and gives the suit its touch of high glamour.You could wear this by the pool, though I wouldn't recommend going into the water with it. A modern girl could even wear this on its own as an ultra mini feeling piece. It really has endless possibilities.
• Matching straps curve up and over each shoulder. You could also tuck them in and wear this as a strapless piece I think.
• It skims down and over the body with just the suggestion of shape through the waist. You could easily add a belt to cinch in the waist and add more shape if you wished. The shorts part of are cut wide like a loose boy short.
• Inside it is lined in a stretch jersey and its shape is much like a swimsuit. The inner legs are elastic. It is very clean and fresh and appears to have been worn very little.
• There is no size tag present. The fabric has a touch of stretch. I have put the comfortable range of measurements below fr both the inner piece and outer. I see a couple tiny missed threads in the weave here and there. Super minor but mentioned for accuracy.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: 14-18" flat across from side seam to side seam and the outer waist is 16-18" flat across 
Inner hips: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam and the outer hips are 17.5-20" flat across 
Total length: 29" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5138

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• The dress was made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino
• It is made of a pretty ivory silk crepe.
• It falls from one shoulder and is very sleek feeling from the front.
• At the back the shoulder extends into a thinner strap that runs on an angle across you. The rest of your upper back is left bare and open.
• There is a rhinestone encrusted buckle at the base of that strap and then that extends into a long panel that goes to the floor for a beautiful detail at the back.
• The back is longer than the front with a slightly trained feel so it's sweeps behind you as you move.
• The dress is fully lined in an ivory silk and it closes with an offset hidden set zipper.
• Overall excellent collection with some minor feel of wear and perhaps the tiniest bit of colour change around the edges here and there but very minor, two tiny faint spots. Please see the photos after the label shot.

Bust: 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 55" from the top of the shoulder to the front hem, 63' to the longest point of the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5128

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• This dress if is from the Spring 2005 collection and is one that would have been produced for the shops.
• It was made under the creative direction of John Galliano
• The dress combines an ivory silk chiffon with a very light in weight ivory knit that is done in a very pretty crochet feeling pattern.
• It falls from tiny knit straps that curve over each shoulder and the very top of the neckline has a pretty chiffon ruffle that wraps all the way around you. It skims over the bust, waist and hips from there. 
• The body of the dress is made out of the knit and then it has a layer of silk chiffon over that so that it is opaque enough to wear. Panels of the crochet knit wrap around you through the upper part of the dress. I love how the panel that covers the bodice shows the full pattern of the knit and then the three bands under that are more the cut out medallion portion of the knit design.
• A single layer of silk chiffon is attached under that to form a pretty and swinging skirt. The silk is all cut on the bias so you get a ton of movement once this is on and you move.
• Depending on your height this might fall more mid-calf to ankle.
• The knit backing through the top portion of the dress serves as the lining and the lower skirt is unlined. It slips on to wear with no closures.
• The stretch of the knit makes it act like a bias cut piece and I have put the comfortable range below.
• Tagged a vintage Dior FR38, GB10, IT42, US6
• I see a very faint spot on one of the front medallions. There are a couple other extremely faint spots, one on the collar that gets lost in the fold and two very tiny ones that are even fainter than the one photo here.
• It is otherwise appears to be in excellent condition.

Bust: 14-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 34" from top of the shoulder to bottom before the skirting
Total length: 56" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

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• This is a late 1960s, early 1970s very recognizable and collectible design. 
  
• The dress was made under the creative direction of Ossie Clark.
• it is made out of a semi-transparent black and silver metallic knit lurex fabric that is ultra light in weight so it is very easy and comfortable to wear.
• A silver thread that run through the net from head to toe and this gives it a touch of glitter in the light from every angle. 
  
• It has a plunge neckline with a gathered detailing at the base of the neckline.
• Coming out from that are attached ties that you can use to cinch in the waist as much as you need.
• Those sleeves are phenomenal and each is a very full balloon cut.
• The dress is unlined and zips to close at the back. Each cuff has elastic at the wrist and the attached ties allow you to bring the waist in.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 25"
Slightly inset shoulder: approx 14"
Bust: approx to 18" but there is no true defined side seams
Waist: 13-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 61" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5123

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