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Fall 2011 Gucci by Frida Giannini Runway Look 47 Silk Floral Detailed One Shoulder Silk Chiffon Dress

  • The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 47 for the Fall 2011 Gucci collection.
  • It was made under the creative direction of Frida Giannini.
  • This is an instantly recognizable and well-known piece of Gucci history. I personally feel like this was one of the most outstanding looks of her time at Gucci.
  • The look was shot for several editorials, including two covers, and worn on red carpets. I love that we have so many reference photos to be able to show how fantastic this is once on the body.
  • The dress combines a deep mustard silk organza with a massive silk flower detailing on one shoulder. The skirt is made out of a black silk chiffon and the inner boy shorts are silk.
  • Once of the best things about this dress is that it is the entire full set and it comes with the matching boy shorts just like the runway and a detachable silk chiffon lining that you button into or out of the skirt.
  • This allows you to wear the dress with the single layer of silk chiffon and the boy shorts under it so that you get the exact look of the runway, or you can button in the inner silk chiffon layer under the skirt and choose to get a more opaque look.
  • I love that this dress was sold like this (in limited production in this case) since most ultra sheer runway looks are produced with a lining in place and no option to go more sheer like it was shown on the runway. 
  • It is very rare to find a full pristine set of this look with the dress, removable skirt lining, and matching boy shorts.
  • The top has a single wide cut shoulder with a wide floral applique detailing applied that curves aver the shoulder and into the neck. You can see how this sits on the body and the flowers nestle into the neck on the reference photos.
  • The centre flowers combine a matching yellow silk with a more taupe silk. The petals on this one are fairly fine. A second flower in the same colour combination but with bigger petals sits beside that. Those are surrounded with a massive amount of petals that look to be hand dipped silk organza. Each one hand cut with raw edges. It is beautiful.
  • The front is gathered into rows of curving panels that are stacked and layered on top of each other. Each panel has a tiny thread finish to its edge that looks to have been done by hand.
  • The size and the angle of the curve of the panels change as it moves over the top and as they sweep upward to surround the flowers on the shoulder. The ones directly around the flowers have been set so that they come up and off the base silk. 
  • The back has a panel constructed in the same technique as the front and it comes out from the waist and then wraps up and over on an angle to meet the single shoulder. Another mass of flower petals sits on the top of that panel as well.
  • The way that the back is cut leaves an open and bare cut out. It is very unexpected and sexy when you turn around to see that bare flash of skin.
  • The waist nips in and it is banded around the waist. There is a lovely contrast between the colour of the top with the dark black of the skirt.
  • The silk chiffon of the skirt is completely cut on the bias and it is set so that it flows outwards around you. Whether you choose to wear the boy shorts under the attached single layer, or add the inner silk chiffon skirt layer, the lightness of the single or double layers catches the air with your slightest movement and float beautifully around you as you walk.
  • The boy shorts that come with a set are made out of of a double layer of black silk with a flat front and a more high cut as you can see in the photos.
  • This is one of the most outstanding pieces from Frida's era and it is fantastically rare to have all of the pieces together as the full set.
  • The top is lined in a matching silk organza and the attached layer of the skirt is unlined. The skirt has a second separate inner opaque black silk skirt that buttons into the sides of the inner waist that can act as a lining if you wish. It closes with a button at the waist. The boy shorts are made of two layers of opaque black silk, and have a hidden set back zipper. The dress closes with a hidden set side zipper. All of the pieces appear to have been worn very little at all.
  • Tagged a Gucci 38
  • Excellent condition

Dress
Bust: approximately 16-18" flat across from side to side 
Waist: 13.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approximately 16.5" from top of the shoulder to waist and will blouse over a bit once on.
Total length: 63" from top of the shoulder to hem

Inner skirt
Waist: 13.25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 45" from top of the shoulder to hem

Boy shorts (have some stretch)
Waist: to 12-13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 13" from top of the back hem to inner seam

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5825

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