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Exceptional Fall 2010 Emilio Pucci by Peter Dundas Look 42 Blue Silk Chiffon Caped Dress
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- The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 42 for the Fall 2010 collection.
- It was made under the creative direction of Peter Dundas.
- Both Constance Jablonski and Rachel Zoe have worn the twin of the dress and I love that all of this documentation lets you see how amazing it is once on the body.
- The dress is made out of a deep royal blue silk chiffon that gives the dress incredible movement around you as you move and walk.
- The front is a halter style and is gathered in all around the neck line. It hooks at the top of a slit that runs from the neck to the waist.
- Where it hooks there are suede tassel ties dyed to a matching blue and detailed with bronze metal beads that create a gorgeous bohemian feeling detail.
- The sides dip deep to the waist and at the back it has an almost racer back cut so when you move you get flashes of bare skin.
- The waist is elastic so it is very easy to fit. On the runway it was shown with a very wide corset belt but it looks equally good without a belt or with a skinnier one.
- The skirt falls to the floor and widens out as it goes. It is made of two layers of the blue chiffon and has a high front slit for a flash of leg as you walk.
- The cape effect that the dress has is phenomenal. The panels that create the cape are attached and made from a single layer of the same silk chiffon. It falls to the floor and extends past the hem. It is fantastic. When you move and walk it billows and floats out around you. I love that you can wear it either over or behind the shoulders for two very different looks.
- The main body of the dress is made from two layers of the chiffon. It slips over the head to wear with an elastic waist and then hooks at the top of the front neck as described above. It is in its original length and appears to have never been worn.
- Tagged a modern Pucci IT44, FR40, UK12, US10.
- Excellent condition
Bust: each front triangle covers 6-7" flat across from side to side with no true side seams
Elastic waist: 12-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: approx 17" from neck to waist and will blouse over a bot once on
Total length: 65" from neck to front hem and the back hem and cape extends up to another 14" beyond that.
Slit: 36" from the front hem up
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED
Item# DD5237
Reference Photos:/Video (1-3) Fall 2010 Emilio Pucci Runway, Look 42. Model Jac. / (4) Constance Jablonski and Peter Dundas at the amFAR’S Cinema Against Aids Gala, May 2010. / (5-6) Rachel Zoe, in Pucci, on Gossip Girl Season 4 Episode 7.
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chanel
Phenomenal Fall 2010 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Deep Blue & Silver Metallic Knit Dress w Glass Pearl Detailing
I Have a Question
- This dress is from the Act 1 Fall 2010 Chanel collection. The Act 1 is the collection done for shops between the Pre-Fall collection and the runway shows. These are often specialized items that are made on an extremely limited basis.
- It was made under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld.
- The dress is made out of a slightly more open feeling woven cotton mix knit. The base net is a deep navy and then that has a silver metal thread running through it. This gives the entire dress a subtle shimmer.
- These amazing textiles are a testament to the commitment that Karl had to continually developing and pushing the envelope when it came to fabrics. This is a fabric that was specifically developed for Chanel.
- The weave of it gives it a touch of transparency and the dress comes with a little silk chiffon half slip to be worn underneath and make it wearable. I love that the slip is separate because it gives you the option to wear something more bare under it and play on its touch of transparency.
- The openings for the arms are extended low so they are longer than a normal arm hole. Curving around each is a wide hand braided band made out of blue and white silk cord. There is also a white silk cord that has been hand covered in silk chiffon so that it breaches the colour of the darker blue and white. Chanel's iconic glass pearls are then looped through the cording on each side of the braiding. These have a slight movement to them and it's incredible. A wider band of the same textile is that all the way around the sea that sits at the top of the hip.
- Given the cost of jewellery with those famous glass Chanel pearls I cannot even imagine the cost to produce this now.
- The bodice skims over you from its wide, scooped neck line to that seam at the top of the hip creating one long line through the body.
- At the back there is a long slit that runs from the button at the neck to the seam at the top of the hip. There is a hook hidden about midway down that you can choose to wear it more closed or you can leave that slit open all the way.
- The skirt falls to the floor from there and it is gathered softly into the band that circles the top of the hip. It widen out slightly as it near the floor and there are high slits that run along the outer edge on both sides so that you get a flash of leg when you walk.
- This is a spectacular Chanel and my photos are not coming close to doing it justice.
- The inner matching slip acts as the lining and slips on with no closures. The outer dress slips on and hooks at the back of the neck. There is a hook halfway down the opening of the back and then it has hidden set hooks on the band that circles around the top of the hips.
- It is brand new with its original hangtags and its Chanel packet and was never worn. These fantasy level dresses are currently $15-30K+ at Chanel.
- Tagged a vintage Chanel size 38.
- Excellent condition
Outer dress
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Natural waist: to 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Band at the top of the hips: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 21" from top of shoulder to the band at the top of the hip
Total length: 63" from top of shoulder to hem but may come up once on, depending on where the band sits on the top of your hips
Slits: 24" from the hem up
Inner slip
Bust: 16-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 20-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 36.5" from top if the shoulder to hem
Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED
Item# DD5238
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yves saint laurent
Superb Spring 2013 Yves Saint Laurent Hedi Slimane Debut Runway Blue Dress Silk Chiffon w Matching Cape & Sash
I Have a Question
- This is a very rare full dress, cape and sash set from the Spring 2013 YSL collection.
- It was made under the creative direction of Hedi Slimane and this was his debut collection for the label.
- A series of these dresses in a mix of colours walked the runway for the finale of the show. Look 55 had the twin of this blue coloured dress and Look 64 the twin of the cape in blue.
- All three pieces of the set are made from a bias cut silk chiffon in a striking and beautiful blue. It is slightly brighter in colour than how it photoed here and it is even better in person.
- The neckline of the dress has a tie in the same fabric that loops through little embroidered edged open circles placed all the way around the neckline. This allows you to tighten or loosen the neckline as much as you want. You can wear it more up on top of the shoulders, wear it off the shoulder or with one shoulder left bare and down. The ties end in extraordinary silk cord tassels finished with wrapped silk cording around their tops.
- The shoulders are soft so that you can wear it multiple ways as noted above and the sleeves narrow down to a cuffed wrist. The bodice has a deep slit at the front and is cut generously over you to the low set seam at the waist.
- The skirt is still in its original length and falls from under that in a swoop of bias cut silk that widens out spectacularly as it nears the hem. There are two layers of chiffon stacked on top of each other for the skirt and it has a phenomenal amount of volume to it. As you move it billows out around you. I love that the back is cut longer than the front.
- The matching sash comes with the dress. It has a rectangular panel that is 14" in length of a backed silk chiffon to give a bit of structure and then single panels of the chiffon extend out from either side. You can wrap and tie this around you as you wish.
- Last is its original matching cape that perfectly completed the look and brings Hedi's full vision to life for this look. The cape is made out of a single layer of silk chiffon with a second tassel attached at the neck to hold it in place. Two wide panels of silk chiffon fall over each shoulder at the front. These curve down and around at the sides and then one large panel extends down the back. The cape is incredibly light in weight since it is all just a single layer of silk chiffon. This allows the slightest bit of air to pick it up so that it billows out around you as you move.
- The dress is unlined through the upper bodice and sleeves so has a touch of transparency. The skirt is made of two layers of silk chiffon. It ties with the tassel at the front and closes at the side with a series of snaps above the waist and a zipper below the waist seam. Each cuff closes with five silk covered buttons and loops. The cape has attached tassels to tie it at the front end is a single layer of silk chiffon. The easy cut makes it an easy fit as long as the waist works. Both pieces have their original tag attached and were never worn.
- The dress is tagged a modern YSL FR38 and the cape FR36.
- Excellent condition
Dress
Sleeves: approx 28" and will blouse up once on. They are 16" around the upper arm.
Bust: 17-23" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13-14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 29" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 20.5" from the top of the natural shoulder to the waist. It will blouse over once on.
Total length: 67" from top of the natural shoulder to front hem and the back extends another 10" past that
Cape: 63" from neck to hem and will come up a touch when on the shoulders
Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED
Item# DD5239
Reference Photos/Videos: Spring 2013 Yves Saint Laurent Runway Finale Looks.
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