• 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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No matter how good you think that this dress looks like in photos it is even better in person and moving. The heavy copper / gold coloured metal wire and rhinestones that were used to create the pattern on the silk catch the light from every angle when you move. The dress is made out of the palest ballet pink silk. The dress is cut on the bias so it just glides over the body. It buttons down the back in a row of tightly spaced silk covered buttons and it is cut to just fall over you in a sweep of bias cut silk. The dress is suspended from the shoulders by two tiny silk straps and the front falls over the bust with a V neck plunge at the front and the back. The dress skims over the waist and hips with seams that are reminiscent of the couture dresses of the thirties. All are done so that the bias cut of the silk follows your curves and highlights the body underneath without it being too tight and fitted. Once past the hips the dress flares out as it nears the bottom and it is incredibly full. A wide panel circles all the way around the lower skirt and there is stiffened netting placed behind it so that it holds the fullness around you. When you walk or move the skirt kicks out to add beautiful movement and volume. The final perfect detail is that spectacular design made out of a combination of metal wire in a deep copper gold tone. This is set so that it curves up and off the silk for a 3D effect. Prong set rhinestones are scattered in and among the designs on the bust and around the hips. These catch the light beautifully as you move. It is just wonderful. Over all great condition with a note below

Fully lined with a pale pink silk chiffon and closes with the buttons down the back. The measurements given below are the comfortable range when the dress is laying flat. The bias cut of the dress should work on a range of sizes. On smaller frames it will drape more and be more fitted on larger frames. The very slightest yellowing to the silk here and there and around the waist area in particular. You can see it in the photos presented and I would say the photos make it look worse than it is in real life. I see a couple of loose threads and missing beads at the back. Very minor. Tagged a Cavalli XS

Bust: 14-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: 64" from top of shoulder to front hem, 70" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD4825

Reference Photo: Jaime Tisch attends a preview gala dinner for the Metropolitan Museum's "Wild: Fashion Untamed" exhibition, hosted by fashion designer Robert Cavalli, on December 6, 2004.

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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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• 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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• 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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