• 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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• 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 near twin of this dress walked the runway for the Fall 2005 show for Look 82 and was worn by Erin Wasson. 
• It was made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino.
• Vogue said of the collection that "Valentino's couture touch brought exquisite workmanship to filmy lace blouses and brocade jackets as well as evening gowns that captured the seasons passion for Victorian and Edwardian effects." They went on to mention the feel of this gown specifically saying "courtly evening gowns had trains, composed of tiers of ruffles."
• On the runway they showed the dress with the ruffles backed in a silk taffeta in what looks to be a more coral red. When the dress was produced for shops this version has a pink behind the bows and it is lined in pink for just a hint of colour. The silk ruffles cascading down dress have no lining in a different colour. I think the dress is more striking this way. It is not so busy as how it looks and was presented on the runway.
• The dress is absolutely spectacular and showcases what made these original Valentino pieces so special under Mr. Valentino's direction.
• The dress is strapless and curves across you at the front and is fitted around the bust. Inside there is a built-in corset that is lightly boned to keep the dress perfectly in place.
• From there it is shaped so that comes in at the waist without any seams to break the eye. It curves back out to glide over the hips.
• The skirt widens out to be very full by the time it reaches the hem. The back of the skirt is cut longer than the front so that you get a beautiful sweeping feel behind you.
• Beginning just under the bust is the first ruffle. It is 7.5" wide and is set to curve down and around you before dipping lower at the back for a very pretty line. And its long longest point in the back it extends to 12". A bow in a matching silk sits at the top centre of the front and this is backed in a pink silk for a tiny touch of colour.
• The second ruffle begins just under the waist and this one follows that same beautiful curve around you. It dips lower and longer at the back to a full 21" at its longest point. This ruffle is also topped by a pretty black and pink silk bow at the front.
• Each of the tiers is gathered in lightly along where they are set into the dress so that they have lots of volume and movement. Under the last ruffle the entire lower skirt at the back widens out substantially and trails behind you in a swooping train. Under the skirt is a pink silk organza lining that is finished with a pink edging made of the same pink silk that the bows are backed with. When you move and your legs kick the dress outward you get a little hint of the pink and it all perfectly ties in with the pink of the bows.
• This is a truly spectacular dress and one that you will not see come around very often if ever again. 
• The dress has a built-in black silk corset that is lightly boned and zips with its own zipper. The dress closes with a hidden set zipper over that. Where the ruffle goes over the zipper, there is a series of hidden snaps to fully close the ruffle over the zipper so that it is all hidden. The skirt is lined in pink organza as described a book. The dress 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

Bust: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: 12" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 56.5" from top of the bodice to the front hem and the back extends another 9" past that.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5240

Reference Photos: Fall 2005 Valentino, Look 82. Model Erin Wasson.

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway in a deep burgundy brown colour for the Fall 2002 collection as Look 65.
• It was made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino.
• The dress is made from layers of a feather light black silk chiffon that is cut on the bias. It is an extremely easy dress to wear and fit because it has a definite caftan feel to it.
• It is cut to sits either just at the edges of the shoulders as I have shot it here or can be worn off the shoulders like how you see it was worn in the runway photos. I love how that bare expanse of skin offsets the fullness of the dress underneath. 
• The sleeves are phenomenal. Each is cut so that it is very full and wide. They cascade down the arm in a double layer of silk and they are split along the upper edge. Each sleeve is cut so that it falls on an angle so that the innermost portion of the sleeve falls much longer than where the outer edge lies creating a cascade of silk down your arm. The lightness of the silk chiffon gives them a ton of movement around the arm when you move.
• The top of each shoulder is gathered into a series of rounded pleats and more of the same rounded pleats sits on the side of each hip. Long panels of silk chiffon fall from under the pleats set on the outside of each hip. These are cut much like the sleeves with a double layer of silk chiffon stacked on top of each other and ending in different lengths. This adds a tremendous amount of movement to the skirt when you move. I love how they tie in the sleeves and skirt together.
• The dress skims over the body and widens out quite a bit as it nears the hem. This is what gives the dress its caftan feel. The back hem is cut longer than the front so you get a sweeping feel behind you. 
• The body of the dress is made from three layers of silk chiffon and these act as the lining. The sleeves are made of two layers of the silk as described above. The dress closes with a hidden set back zipper. It appears to have been worn very little if at all. Be easy cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes. On a smaller frame it will just drape more.
• Tagged a vintage Valentino 12
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: to 33" at their longest points and are full and open around the upper arm.
Bust: 18-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 61" from top of shoulder to the front hem and the back extends another 10" past that.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Reference Photos/Video: Fall 2002 Valentino, Look 65.

Item# DD5227

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• The twin of this gorgeous dress walked the runway for the Spring 2011 collection in a taupe colour and was Look 41 in the show.
• It was made under the creative direction of both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. 
• Even in the different colour between the runway shot and the runway video you can see just how beautifully this one is on the body and how it moves. 
• Vogue said of this collection that the pieces "displayed incredible Couture like workmanship" and gushed over the exuberant use of ruffles and lace throughout the collection.
• The dress is made out of a pinky-coral silk that is cut on the bias and flows over the body beautifully. The fabric choice keeps the dress very light in weight and gives it beautiful movement. I love it far more in this pretty colour than the pale taupe that it was shown on the runway in. 
• The entire top portion of the dress is finished in stacked ruffles made from silk organza that overlap the one underneath. On the bodice, there are also ruffles made of the same silk as the body of the dress interspersed between the organza ruffles. These swoop over you to curve up and over the single shoulder. All of the ruffles that cover the bodice have been set  on an angle to follow the same curve of the neckline and the ruffles continue all the way around you to the back. I especially love the little twirl created at the top of the shoulder that adds just a little bit of extra detail there.
• It comes in at the waist and then the top of the hips at the sides are subtly gathered for shape. It is all very pretty and feminine.
• The skirt falls from under there and widens out to a pretty fullness by the time it reaches the hem. The skirt has three full layers of silk and the draped to side curves upwards with an overlapped slit. So when you move a certain way you see a bit of a flash of bare leg. I love how the hem is curved to pick up on the angle of the bodice.
  
• The dress is fully lined in a marching coral silk chiffon through the bodice. The skirt is made of three layers of silk and these act as the lining. The dress closes with a hidden set side zipper.
• Tagged a Valentino 6
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 12.5" on the top of the shoulder to the inner seam under the bust
Total length: 63" from top of shoulder to front hem and the back extends another 4" past that

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5210

Reference Photos: Spring 2011 Valentino. Look 41.

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• The dress is from the Spring 2007 Collection
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli
• This is an absolutely beautiful bias cut silk dress who's cut is a nod to old Hollywood in feel.
• The entire dress is covered with a very pretty and intricate leaf and bird print. This runs over its entire surface and the print has a slightly metallic feel with colours centring around a deep red, rust and a coral.
• The front is gathered in and up to the neck and at the centre of where it is gathered, there is a gold toned metal snake that is placed so that it sits at the top of the gathers. The silk extends out from there to curve up and behind the neck where it ties into place. There is a tiny keyhole under the snake detail at the front and the front drapes down and over your bust, waist and hips from there.
• The halter neckline leaves the back completely open. I love how the fabric that comes around from the front is set so there is a pretty curve at the base of your back. This is highlighted even more by the silk ties that extend out from the neck trailing down the middle of your back.
• Once passed the hips the skirt flares out beautifully. This full shape at the bottom of the dress is created by the addition of added panels set all the way around skirt to help it flare out. This extra silk placement creates amazing movement when you move.
• This is classic Cavalli and an absolutely beautiful piece of work.
• The dress is unlined and closes with a hidden set back zipper. The ties that extend out from the neck can be tied and left to trail down the back. The dress is cut on the bias so I have put the comfortable range when laying flat. The length will come up a touch once on a body. 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

Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13.5-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total Length: approx 65" from neck to hem 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5263

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• The twin of this dress was worn by Noemie Lenoir in 2006 and I love that this shows you just how phenomenal this is once on the body.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli
• The dress is made from an ivory silk jersey that has an extensive floral pattern in pink with a little bit of gold fused onto the top of the fabric to create that tremendously beautiful print that runs over the entire dress. This is all draped over an inner white body suit that gives you inner structure and holds the dress perfectly in place.
• That inner corset is lightly boned through the front and the bust area is shaped with inner padding and wire. The jersey on the exterior is draped into place over that and gathered over towards one side. At the base of where it gathers there is a decorative panel that has a tie running through it and little gold metal loops. You could use the ties to wrap around the waist or just let it hang down over the hip as I have done for these photos. 
  
• A single layer of the jersey drapes down from there to form the skirt. The skirt is incredible. It falls to extend down long and dramatically on one side so you get a sweeping feel around you as you move. On the other side there is an inset triangle made out of a silk chiffon that has the same print as the rest of the dress. This gives you the very slightest bit of transparency on that side. 
• The flower print that covers the dress is so pretty and romantic. I love it.
• The inner white bodysuit is shaped and made of a stretched lingerie netting to give you support and shape. It zippers to close at its side and then hooks to close at the bottom. The dress closes over that at the side with a hidden set zipper. I see some tiny and very minor snags on the skirt here and there. There is so much fabric you would never see them once this is one but they are mentioned for accuracy.
• Tagged a Cavalli 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: 15-16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: 12-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner Hips: 16-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 12" from top of shoulder to the seam under the bust
Total length: 55" from top of shoulder to the shortest part of the hem at one side and the other side extends another 25" past that.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5261

Reference Photos: Noemie Lenoir attends the 'Quand J'Etais Chanteur' premiere during the Cannes Film Festival, 2006.

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• The twin of this piece walked the runway for Spring 2005 Valentino for Look 56 and was worn on the runway by supermodel Liya Kebede.
• The dress was made under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino.
• Back in 2005 both supermodel Elle Macpherson and superstar Mariah Carey wore its twin. I love that all of the reference photos give you such a beautiful idea of how phenomenal this dress is once on the body.
• It is incredibly beautiful and very light in weight. The main colour of the dress is a deep copper brown with a gorgeous deep yellow and ivory floral pattern screened onto the silk. 
• The dress has a halter front with two triangles extending out from the band that circles the waist. They wrap and button behind the neck. A plunge is created between them that goes all the way to the wide band that wraps around the waist. The triangles curve down the sides and then your entire back is left bare and exposed. 
• The detailing at the waist is fantastic. A wide 6" band is that just below the base of the plunge at the front. It nips you in for shape around the waist. Onto the band is the same floral pattern that is seen around the entire lower portion of the skirt but done on a much smaller scale. It has been completely done by hand using hundreds of tiny sequins set side-by-side to create the pattern that you see. As you look closer at it you realize that each sequin is stacked on top of another matching sequin so that the colours are vivid and bright instead of washed with a touch of transparency a single sequin would have.
• The skirt falls from under the band and curves out and over the hips. It is very full and made with many yards of silk. There is an amazing amount of fabric in the skirt and that is what gives it its beautiful movement when you move. If you were too late, the skirt out flat there is enough silk used that it creates a full circle around the bottom part. The back is cut longer than the front so you get a gorgeous sweep of silk behind you.
• All around the bottom portion of the skirt is a oversized floral print that has been screened into the silk using a deep golden yellow mixed with ivory. The use of the paler colours around the bottom of the skirt emphasizes the fullness there and ties it in beautifully with the detailing around the waist. A slit runs up the centre of the skirt so when you walk or sit you get a flash of bare leg.
• The dress is absolutely beautifully made. I see one very light mark on the skirt.
• It is fully lined in the same silk for the front triangles. There is an inner chiffon piece that has its own zipper that holds the dress in place around the waist and then the outer dress closes with its own hidden set side zipper. 
• Tagged a vintage Valentino 8
• Excellent condition

Bust: each triangle will cover up to 7.5" flat across from side to side, the seam directly under the bust is 15-15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14-14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 11.5" from neck to seam directly under the bust. The band is 6" wide
Total length: approx 60" from neck to front hem and the back extends another 10" beyond that. The slit is 30" from the ham up.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5251

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Spring 2005 Valentino Look 56 Model Liya Kebede.  /  (4-5) Elle Macpherson at the Mary Poppins Gala Evening in London, March 2005.  /  (6) Mariah Carey performs on Good Morning America's Concert Series, April 2005.

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• This is a very glamorous Versace dress that dates to the early 2000s.
• The dress is made out of a deep bronze coloured silk that is flattering on almost all skin tones. 
• It is a dress that is insanely sexy and bare feeling yet you are still very covered. it has a bit of a nod to the Loris Azzaro rung dresses and you have to wonder if that was its inspiration.
• The silk is just heavy enough to give the dress an amazing drape so that it falls perfectly over the body.
• From the top of the hips to the top of  the bodice the silk has been gathered into soft little horizontal folds. These are all gathered into the beaded bands that curves vertically down the front to form three cut outs. The bands extend out to form the straps that curve around the neck and hook into place.
• The waist is shaped to come in slightly and the silk curves back outward over the top of the hips.
• Below that the skirt falls to the floor in a cascade of copper coloured silk. It.skims over the hips and then the lower skirt flares out all the way around you. This gives a tremendous movement when you move.
• I love that the back is cut longer than the front for a beautiful sweep of fabric behind you.
• The dress is fully lined in a matching silk and closes with a hidden set zipper. The neck hooks into place at the back of the neck.
• Tagged a vintage Versace 38
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60.5" from neck to front hem, 68" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5249

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• This dress is from Fall 2008 collection and is a piece that would have been produced for the shops.
• It was made under the creative direction of John Galliano.
• The Collection celebrated the 1960s with Simon & Garfunkel's 'Mrs. Robinson' for the opening music. The models were styled with a nod to the 1960s but in a highly exaggerated way.
• Galliano said of the show "I am always looking for heroines who make me dream"
• The dress is made from a muted silver coloured silk. The silk is a beautiful weight and is just heavy enough to keep the shape that he wanted without it feeling too heavy.
• Straps extend outward from the middle of the front and curve over each side of your neck and then are angled back down to connect in the centre of the back.
• The bust is peaked and shaped. Inside it has a bit of a slightly stiffened lining to help hold the shape and mold it over the breasts. The fabric is softly pleated to angle in towards the centre where part of the silk extends out and is twisted to form a pretty 3D flower.
• From under the seam of the bust it falls over the body with a more generous feel. The silk is gathered in and pleated on one side and it does the same on that same side around the back. It has a more generous cut over the waist and hips. The bottom skirt widens out as it near the hem.
• The fabric at the hip on the opposite side of the pleating has been gathered and twisted to form too large flowers. These are a pretty extra detail and tie in the flower at the bust. They also are a clever way for him to have controlled the draping and the way the dress sits over and around you.
• The bit of flare on the lower skirt creates a pretty bit of movement around you when you move.
• The dress is fully lined in the same silver silk and closes with a hidden set side zipper. I see a couple of small faint marks underneath the bust area near the pleats. Please see the photo after the label shot. It does not detract from its wearability but is mentioned for accuracy.
• Tagged a vintage Dior FR40, GB12, IT44, US8 
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 62" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5246

Reference Photos: Heather Graham at a Dior Party during the Marrakech Film Festival, 2008.

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