john galliano
Spring 2007 John Galliano Strapless Black Lace Dress w Peaked Bodice & Intricate Seaming
- The dress is from the Spring 2007 John Galliano collection.
- It was made under the creative direction of John Galliano.
- During John Galliano's years at his own label he arguably produced some of the most amazing bias cut and glamourous dresses in fashion history.
- His work often has a feeling of the decadence and abandonment of the twenties and thirties with their beautiful cuts. They marry Old Hollywood with the minimalist spirit of the nineties and early 2000s and the results are stunning.
- This is an amazing example of his work from his Spring 2007 collection. This is the second time I have had one of these dresses in the shop. I was very pleased to find another after so much time has gone by since the last.
- A shorter silver version was worn by Drew Barrymore and she appears in a video where she notes that the dress was custom made for her. A printed version was also worn by her in the cover of Paris Vogue.
- A version was also worn by Kylie Minogue at Paris Fashion Week Fall that year. I love that having those photos and video give you an idea of the insane cut of the dress. This one in its full length is even more glamorous I think.
- The dress is made from an exterior layer of black lace. Set under that top lace layer is an inner base fabric that has a very subtle silver thread worked through it. You barely see it through the lace but it does add a subtle shimmer like a little hidden secret. It is fantastic.
- The dress is strapless and cut to follow the curves of the body. Inner cups add support and lift with built in underwire.
- It nips in at the waist and then curves back out and over the hips. The hourglass shape is created by intricate seam work that pieces the dress together. I took shots of it to show you the amount of seaming that has gone into the dress.
- The top edge of the dress is amazing. It has three folded over fabric panels that sit on each side of the sweetheart neckline. They add this delicious Old Hollywood feel to the dress.
- A curved vertical seam runs subtly down the front between the two cups and then at the back there is a series of horizontal pleats from one side that wraps into the zipper. The zipper is set offside to be hidden into a seam.
- The lace dips down and into the zipper and this allows the underlying inner black silk corset to peak out above the dip. This feels very sexy.
- Curved seams shape the skirt around you to emphasize the shape of the hips. The skirt is shaped to come back in slightly around the knees and then it flares out quite dramatically for the bottom part of the skirt.
- The phenomenal seaming set around the very bottom portion of the skirt opens into pleats off to one side at the front. Another series of pleats does the same at the back. This gives the dress a dramatic flaring out in shape along with a kick of fabric when you move.
- The dress has an inner cupped and shaped bodice made of black silk satin that is lightly boned and has underwired formed cups. The rest of the dress is lined in a black silk. The inner corset closes with hook and eye at the back under the outer zipper and then the dress closes over that with hidden set zipper at the back that follows a seam.
- Tagged a vintage Galliano FR42 GB14 US8
- Excellent condition
Bust: can accommodate up to a total of 37.5" all the way around the interior
Waist: to 14.75" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 10.5" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 60" from the top of the bodice to the hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG
Item# DD5853
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