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• This dress is from the Fall 1982 Givenchy collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Hubert de Givenchy.
• I believe this is the actual runway sample that walked the runway. The only photo that we have been able to find to verify its presence on the runway is one from the back but it is still a photo that shows that it is a runway piece.
• It would have been made completely by hand in the Paris atelier.
• The dress is unlabelled and it is made by hand in the same level other of his runway samples that we have had in the shop.
  
• The bodice and sleeves are made from a black velvet with a flat pile finish. I love how it is cut to sit off shoulder and leave a bare expanse of skin across the top of your shoulders. Two little straps curve over the top of the shoulder to hold it perfectly in place and then the sleeves drop so your upper arm is bare.
• The neck line and the very top of each sleeve have a finish of black feathers that add an amazing feel to the dress.
• The sleeves have been tacked into place along the edge of the bodice and they have an elastic running around the top edge for an easy fit.
• The bodice comes in for shape around the waist and then curves back down to the top of the hip.
• The skirt is spectacular. It comes out from the bottom seam of the top and explodes outward around you with incredible volume
• The skirt is made out of a fine black and silver-grey striped silk that has a pretty red metallic dot woven through its surface. It is the perfect subtle touch of colour and contrast.
• The way the feathers fall around the sleeves and upper bodice is just incredible. They also create slight movements when you move. This is a superb example of his Couture abilities.
• The bodice of the dress is fully lined in a black silk and the skirt is lined with a black silk organza. It closes with a back zipper and each sleeve zippers to close at the wrist. It is finished a level appropriate to a runway sample and all of the work is by hand. It appears to have been worn very little at all.
• There is no size tag present given that it is Couture. Please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 17" from their open top to the end and the elastic stretches from 8-10" around
Bust: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural waist: to 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam at the top of the hips: 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 14" from top of bodice to seam at the top of the hips
Total length: 59" from the top of the shoulder to the front hem and the back extends another 4 " past that. There is an additional. 5" of silk turned under the hem.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5730

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• This dress is from the early-mid 1970s.
• It was made under the creative of 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 still high-end and the clothing very well made. He launched this line to expand his customer base and it was made to appeal specifically to his non-couture clients.
• The fabric is a beautiful light weight black silk chiffon that has two layers of the chiffon for the top and a slightly more opaque layer of silk inside the skirt. I love the slight play on transparency between the top and skirt that this gives. 
• The cut of the dress is incredible and very easy to wear.
• The neckline is a simple scoop and the shoulders are soft. The sleeves are fabulous. Each is cut to be very full so that they balloon out over their zippered cuffs. The sleeves have no lining and I love how the silk has been gathered around both sides of the zipper. 
• The cut of the bodice is meant to feel more loose and easy. It simply skims over you to the band around the waist. 
• Stacked layers of elastic have been run horizontally around the waist to add shape. The elastic there also makes it extremely comfortable and easy to fit. 
• The elastic around the waist allows you to wear it lower down so that you get the full length of the dress or you can pull the elastic as high up under the bust as you want so that the top blouses over the waist and it shortens the length of the dress.
• The skirt falls from under that and opens out slightly as it nears the floor. A shallow slit runs up one side from the hem.
• As an added detailing there are hundreds of multicoloured rhinestones that have been fused directly onto the silk chiffon. They are placed both above and below the elastic that runs around the waist and are set in vertical rows that end at different lengths to create the pattern that you see.
• As good as it looks in the photos I feel like the impact of the rhinestones is even greater in real life. It really adds an extraordinary pop of colour with all the different colours of rhinestones.
• The quality of the fabric is beautiful and the workmanship in this dress is fabulous. It really showcases just what a genius he was that he could create such a simple piece with such a masterful hand. 
• I love the play on transparency the dress has and the dress in person is even prettier than how it photoed here I think.
• The dress is fully lined except for the sleeves which are a single layer of chiffon. It closes with a back zipper and the waist has elastic. Each cuff zippers to close.
• There is no size tag present. Please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approximately 25" and they are full and open around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: approximately 17" flat across from side to side
Elastic waist: will stretch to to 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 14" from top of shoulder to the top of the 7" band around the waist
Total length: 57" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5729

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• A version with similar floral finishes walked the runway for the Spring 1982 Givenchy collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Hubert de Givenchy
• In 1952 Hubert de 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 Goodmans and was eventually made available at other retailers. The line was high end and extremely well made.
• This part of his brand was created specifically to appeal to his non-couture clients who wanted to be able to purchase a piece of the Givenchy dream.
• The label continued until 1992 when it was retired and re-branded as the Givenchy Couture label.
  
• The dress combines a brilliant pink silk skirt with a more fitted strapless bodice. The bodice on this one is so pretty. The base of it is a slightly off-white silk that has a white netting covering it. That is then covered with the prettiest little silk flowers in a range of soft pastel colours mixed with pops of pink and purple.
• The flowers cover the bodice all the way around from the front to the back. They have been laid out flat beside each other and only the centres are sewn down onto the fabric so that the petals sit off the fabric and move slightly with the smallest bit of air. 
• The skirt is full with the silk layer on the top and an inner silk chiffon layer underneath. The colour is a brilliant pink that perfectly picks up in the pink flowers in the bodice. It is set into the waist in soft folds so that it really has fullness and movement when you move.
• The dress comes with its original green silk covered belt that you wear with it for an added pop of colour. 
  
• The dress is fully lined in a ivory silk though the bodice and the skirt is lined in a pink silk. Light boning in the bodice. There is an inner waist stay and another under the bust and both hook to close. It closes with a metal side set zipper. There is a touch of grubbiness along the edges of the bodice around the arm areas and the flowers have softened over the years. There is some grubbiness and slight fading to the edge of the skirt hem and I see one tiny hole in the silk. The belt shows some fading and wear. Please see the photos after the label shot. Everything is minor overall and the dress presents beautifully.
• There is no size tag present. Please go by the measurements listed below.
• Great condition

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5720

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• This dress is from the Spring 2018 collection. 
• It was made under the creative direction of Clare Wright Keller.
• The dress is made out of a black jersey that is cut on the bias. This lets it drape beautifully over you as it fall over the body.
• The ease of the jersey make it easy to both fit and wear and the fabric has enough weight to it that it is completely opaque. 
• The construction of the dress is fantastic. It is made to be one long tube with a seam at the waist on the front of the dress only.
• The shoulders are soft and the sleeves are long.
• 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 plunge at the front gives it a very edgy and sexy feel while the jersey keeps it feeling comfortable to wear.
  
• 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 length and it closes with a back hidden set zipper. I see some minor grubbiness around the hem. It otherwise appears to have been worn very little if at all. 
• Tagged a modern Givenchy 36
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 25" and they are 10-12.5" around the upper arms
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 16" from neck to waist
Total length: 62" from neck to hem and the slit is 32" from the hem up.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5615

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

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• The twin of this dress was Look 5 for the Resort Givenchy collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Ricardo Tisci
  
• This was his fifth year at the label and in the Vogue review of the show they noted that Tisci told them that the colour palette of black, red and white mixed with the occasional leopard was inspired by Frida Kahlo and her animal-filled paintings.
  
• The dress is made out of a black net with a red lace overlay strategically placed over the dress to emphasize the cut and design.
• The dress is is suspended from two tiny straps that curve up and over the shoulder. The very upper edge of the bodice is finished with leather piping.
• The bodice is cut to skim over you and I love how the red has been applied on the black to give you extra coverage and really highlight the cut and flow of the dress.
• It continues down to skim over the waist in a more loose and generous feel and then it curves back out over the hips.
• The skirt cascades outward from there to the floor and it is fuller by the time it reaches the hem. The lace applied around the bottom and the way it is cut helps to hold the shape around you.
• That combination of red lace and netting that has been applied over the dress creates a beautiful and striking pattern. The pop of red against the transparent black net is even more striking once on the body and you see the transparency through it that contrast against the red lace and netting.
• The width of the lower skirt allows the dress to move beautifully around you as you move.
• The inner black silk chiffon slip acts as the lining. Both the dress and the inner slip have no closures and slip over the head to wear. I see a couple of tiny repairs in the net near the raw edge finish of the skirt. Very minor but mention for accuracy.
• Tagged a Givenchy 40
  
• Excellent condition

Dress
Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: 15-16" flat across from side seam to side seam 
Waist: 14.5-15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 14" from top of shoulder to lowest part of the seam under the bust at the sides
Total length: 67" from top of shoulder to hem

Inner slip
Bust: 15.5-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 36" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5577

Reference Photo: (1) Resort 2011 Givenchy, Look 5. Model Daphne Groeneveld.  /  (2) Ciara in Givenchy by Cameron Smith for Wonderland Magazine, Nov 2010.

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• This dress is from the early-mid 1970s.
• It was made under the creative of 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 still high-end and the clothing very well made. He launched this line to expand his customer base and it was made to appeal specifically to his non-couture clients.
• The fabric is a beautiful light weight black silk chiffon that has two layers of the chiffon for the top and a slightly more opaque layer of silk inside the skirt. I love the slight play on transparency between the top and skirt that this gives. 
• The cut of the dress is incredible and very easy to wear.
• The neckline is a simple scoop and the shoulders are soft. The sleeves are fabulous. Each is cut to be very full so that they balloon out over their zippered cuffs. The sleeves have no lining and I love how the silk has been gathered around both sides of the zipper. 
• The cut of the bodice is meant to feel more loose and easy. It simply skims over you to the band around the waist. 
• Stacked layers of elastic have been run horizontally around the waist to add shape. The elastic there also makes it extremely comfortable and easy to fit. 
• The elastic around the waist allows you to wear it lower down so that you get the full length of the dress or you can pull the elastic as high up under the bust as you want so that the top blouses over the waist and it shortens the length of the dress.
• The skirt falls from under that and opens out slightly as it nears the floor. A shallow slit runs up one side from the hem.
• As an added detailing there are hundreds of multicoloured rhinestones that have been fused directly onto the silk chiffon. They are placed both above and below the elastic that runs around the waist and are set in vertical rows that end at different lengths to create the pattern that you see.
• As good as it looks in the photos I feel like the impact of the rhinestones is even greater in real life. It really adds an extraordinary pop of colour with all the different colours of rhinestones.
• The quality of the fabric is beautiful and the workmanship in this dress is fabulous. It really showcases just what a genius he was that he could create such a simple piece with such a masterful hand. 
• I love the play on transparency the dress has and the dress in person is even prettier than how it photoed here I think.
• The dress is fully lined except for the sleeves which are a single layer of chiffon. It closes with a back zipper and the waist has elastic. Each cuff zippers to close.
• There is no size tag present. Please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approximately 25" and they are full and open around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15"
Bust: approximately 17" flat across from side to side
Elastic waist: will stretch to to 14.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 14" from top of shoulder to the top of the 7" band around the waist
Total length: 57" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5729

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• The dress is from mid-later seventies and during this time period his main line dresses were made to order custom pieces.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roy Halston
  
• This is a beautiful dress that showcases the minimal seaming that Halston was so famous for.
• The dress is made of a light in weight ivory silk. It is completely cut on the bias so it drapes phenomenally over the body. You simply slip it over your head and it drapes over you to accommodate the body underneath. This makes it easy to fit and very easy to wear.
• The sleeves are long and extend out directly from the body of the dress with no seaming around the arm. Each flares out at its cuff adding a pretty added detail.
• The neckline is scooped and it hooks to close at the back of the neck. This closure sits over an open keyhole slit. I have shot all of the photos of the dress with the keyhole at the back, but it is so well-made that I think you could spin it around and wear it to the front if you wished.
• It glides over the body skimming over the bust, waist and hips to the floor. There is a low dropped seamed that sits just over the top of the hip. For some of the photos, I tied a velvet ribbon just above this to highlight the waist. You could also goop a ribbon along that seam and have the top blouse over and shorten the skirt. I love that you have several styling options with this one.
• Working with this fabric is incredibly difficult and it is a testament to his skill to create such a seemingly simple but a complex pattern in reality.
• The dress is unlined with no closures and slips on to wear. Hand finishes throughout. The ribbon is not original to the dress but will be included. I see one light mark on one shoulder. Please see the photo after the label shot. The sleeves have an ironed seam running down their tops. All very minor but mentioned for accuracy. 
• There is no size tag and the bias cut will allow it to have it some give. Please go by the range of measurements listed below. On a smaller frame it will just drape more.
• Excellent condition.

Sleeves: approx 20" and are 12" around the upper arm
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: 17-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural waist: 15-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Dropped seam: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: approx 62" from top of shoulder to hem. 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5713

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• The dress is from 1977 and during this time period his main line dresses were made to order custom pieces.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roy Halston
  
• The examples shared here are almost identical to this dress but without the extra added panels that create the spiralling ruffles.
• This is a beautiful dress that showcases the minimal seaming that Halston was so famous for.
• The dress is made of a heavier weighted silk charmeuse that is cut like the reference photos show through the body but with added panels and seams that go around and cascade down the lower skirting.
• It is completely cut on the bias so it drapes phenomenally over the body. You simply slip it over your head and it drapes over you to accommodate the body underneath. This makes it easy to fit and very easy to wear.
• The sleeves are long and extend out directly from the body of the dress with no seaming around the arm. Each narrows to its cuff where there is a handmade silk covered button and loop.
• The neckline is cut wide across the neckline and has a subtle draping at the centre of the neck at both the front and back of the dress. It is a very pretty detail.
• It glides over the body skimming over the bust, waist and hips to the floor. The vertical ruffles are set on an angle so that they cascade down to the hem. When you move these swirl around the lower part of the dress and create gorgeous movement around you.
• Working with this fabric is incredibly difficult and it is a testament to his skill to create such a seemingly simple but a complex pattern in reality.
• The dress is fully lined in a second layer of the same fabric which adds to the technically difficultly of the pattern and rich feel of the silk. It has no closures and slips on to wear. Each cuff has a silk covered button and loop to close. The colour is slightly more ivory in person. I see some minor marks and scuffing here and there on the silk of the bottom ruffles. I shot one so that you can see. It is very minor but mentioned for accuracy. 
• There is no size tag and the bias cut will allow it to have it some give. Please go by the range of measurements listed below. On a smaller frame it will just drape more.
• Excellent condition.

Sleeves: approx 23.5" and are 16" around the upper arm
Shoulders: no defined seam
Bust: 18-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: approx 62" from top of shoulder to hem. 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5711

Reference Photos: (1) Spring 1977 Halston.  /  (2) Fall 1977 Halston.  /  (3) From the book "Halston: An American Original"

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• This Christian dress is from the Spring 1972 Haute Couture collection
• It was made under the creative direction of Marc Bohan 
• In the book 'Dior Catwalk' it notes that the New York Times exclaimed, that "romance, contemporary style, is the provision look for spring." It goes on to declare that Bohans collection for Dior was the best of the season in Paris. "Mark Bohan succeeded in bringing back the fable elegance without becoming historical. There's no pinpointing of the 1930s or 1940s. The clothes look really contemporary".
• I love that we have reference photos so you can see how the dress looks like once in the body. 
• The dress would have been made completely by hand in the Paris atelier.
• It is made out of a beautiful lightly starched blue silk gazaar that is woven on the bias. This is a difficult technique to achieve and allows the dress to retain its more sculptural structure and shape while keeping the dress light in weight. 
• It is cut to sit fully off the shoulders to leave a bare expanse of skin showing.
• Each sleeve is cut to just above the elbow and has a beautiful five inch ruffle flaring out all the way around.
• It skims over the bust and curves in a touch at the waist. The shape is all achieved by the immaculate cut of the fabric.
• Inside there is a full boned inner corset that extends down to the top of the hips. The silk glides over top of this perfectly.
• From there it curves back over the hips and then widens out beautifully to the hem. The entire hem is finished with an eight inch wide ruffle that picks up on the detailing of the sleeves to perfectly tie all of the elements together.
• As good as this dress looks in the photos it is even more beautiful in person.
• The dress is lined in a hand set blue silk organza. The inner corset closes with its own zipper and there is an inner partial waist stay that hooks to close inside the corset. The dress zips to close over that at the side. All of the work is done by hand to Haute Couture standards. It has its proper numbered Couture tag inside.
• There is no size tag since it is true couture. Please go by the measurements listed below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 9.5" and they are 11" around the upper arm
Inner bust: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: to It has its proper numbered Couture tag inside. It has its proper.12.25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19-21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 55" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5709

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• The label on this dress date it to the 1970s period.
• It was made under the creative direction of James Galanos.
• In 1951 a 27 year old James Galanos launched his first label called Galanos Originals. By 1954 he had won a Coty award and the Neiman Marcus award.
• His ready-to-wear line was made close to couture standards and with a level of craftsmanship that was on par with the French couturiers. He was truly one of the great American designers and his work is held in all of the major museums around the world.
• This is an outstanding Galanos. It is extremely well made with a very high level of construction techniques.
• The dress is made out of a beautiful floral printed silk chiffon. The base is black and then the print is a deep, beautiful pink with pops of green for the leaves. The print forms large flowers mixed with smaller floating petals that cascade over the entire dress.
• The neckline is scooped and the sleeves are angled slightly towards the neckline. The shoulders are soft, and the sleeves are fuller near the shoulder and then narrow to the wrist.
• The bar skins over you and the waist feels like it is cut slightly more generously. 
• The skirt curves out over the hips and widen out as it near the floor for pretty movement. This one the skirt has been wrapped around from the back and meets at the centre and the silk forms two panels that have the illusion of being nodded at the waist and then cascading down on either side of the centre line. Everything is closed in and under that centre point but it gives a pretty detail down the front that is just fantastic to see.
  
• The workmanship on the dress is absolutely stunning and the vast majority of it is all done by hand. This is an easy to wear and very pretty dress by one of the great American designers that is done to a demi-couture level
• The dresses lined with a black silk, except for the sleeves that have been left unlined. It zips to close at the back with a hand set zipper. Hand finishes throughout. The dress appears to have worn very little if at all.
• The dress has no size tag so please go by the listed measurements below.
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 22" and they are 13" around the upper arm
Slightly inset shoulders: approximately 14"
Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 56" from top of shoulder to the longest point of the hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5701

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