• The twin of this dress walked the runway as Look  53 for the Pre-Fall 2012 show.
• It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta 
• Vogue said of the collection that "For Spring, Oscar de la Renta gave us a refresher course on all the reasons we love him. The taffeta ball skirts! Those handkerchief lace dresses! The embellished gowns! ...Chief among them were a series of dresses, both to the knee and floor-length, cut from crinkled and pleated silk. Whisper-thin and nearly weightless, they're the kind of frock you'll turn to again and again when the weather warms: fabulous, but also easy."
• The twin of the dress was also the choice of the night for Sarah Jessica Parker, who wore one to the amfAR gala that season.
• The dress is made from a lightweight romantic and feminine shade of pink silk. The silk has a slight crinkled texture running through it that has visual interest. The skirt has also been soft pleated so that you see the suggestion of a pleat but it was never intended to be a sharp defined pleat. 
• The bodice is simple and easy to wear. The neckline is cut into a rounded curve and there are no sleeves. It has been lately top stitched all the way around in vertical lines, and the slight crinkle texture has been set on an angle. The neckline is made out of the same fabric that has been rolled and twisted into a piping detail.
• It skims over the bodice in an easy fashion and then it is cinched in around the waist by a wide band in the same pink silk. The band is stitched into place and fully built in to add shape and a touch of structure to the soft silhouette.
• The skirt cascades to the floor from there and is cut at different lengths all around you. It comes up at the front, angles down to be longer on each side of the front and then scoops back up at at the sides. The back is then cut in the perfect soft train so that you get a tremendous sweeping feel as you walk away.
• The silk of the skirt is stocked over a second layer of a pale pink, almost weightless silk, and this lets the skirt float over and around the body to give it the feel of airiness and lightness. The lightness of the silk gives it a gorgeous movement when you move and walk. You can easily see this in the runway reference video. 
• The dress is fully lined in a matching pink silk and it closes with a back set zipper. The pink is slightly more pastel in person. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern ODLR 8
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 12" from top of shoulder to the top seam of the 4" band at the waist
Total length: 51" from top of shoulder to the very shortest part of the hem at the front and then the longest parts of the skirt extend another 26" past that.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5332

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Pre-Fall 2012 Oscar de la Renta, Look 53. Model Kate King.  /  (4-5) Sarah Jessica Parker at the amfAR Gala, 2012.

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• The twin of this dress was shown for Look 37 for the Fall 2010 Valentino collection.
• It was made under the creative design of both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. 
• Its twin was also worn by Fan Bingbing at Cannes that year. 
• This is one of their earlier collections after stepping into Mr Valentino's shoes and I love that they stayed true to the label's heritage by using a classic Valentino combination of silk chiffon and ruffles for this dress. 
• This dress was the second to last look of the runway collection.
• The dress is made out of a feather light silk chiffon done in a pale pastel salmon pink that is an exceptionally pretty colour. This fabric choice keeps the dress extremely light in weight and easy to wear.
• The elastic neckline is set wide across so that it sits fully off of the shoulders. I love how this leaves the top of your shoulders completely bare and exposed. Because the neckline is finished with elastic I believe that you could wear this on top of the shoulder if you wished.
• A wide 11" ruffle follows the entire neckline and gives it the prettiest flounce all the way around you. The width of the ruffle falls slightly over the waistline and this creates a pretty caped to the upper part of the dress.
• Underneath the ruffle the bodice skims down to the more generously cut waist. On the runway, and on the red carpet, a little brooch was added to one side. If you liked how this looked it would be easy to re-create with your own jewelled piece.
  
• The skirt is covered in a series of ruffles. Around the hips and waist they are set on a slight angle that runs down one side and and they are stacked horizontally along that angle. Under that, long vertical ruffles run the rest of the length of the skirt all the way to the hem.
• The incredible amount of ruffles covering the skirt combined with the lightness of the fabric gives you the prettiest movement when you move. 
• This is an absolutely stunning dress and this particular cut of dress is one of my favourites.
• The dress is fully lined in a marching coloured silk and closes with a hidden set side zipper. The neckline has elastic running through its edge. It appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged a modern Valentino 6.
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 41" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approximately 14" from top of natural shoulder to waist
Total length: approximately 57" from top of natural shoulder to hem 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5331

Reference Photos/Video: (1-3) Fall 2010 Valentino, Look 37. Model Sasha Pivovarova.  /  (4-5) Fan Bingbing at Cannes Film Festival, 2010.

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway for Look 39 of the Spring 2004 Oscar de la Renta collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta
• In the review of the show Vogue said in part; "It’s virtually impossible not to get swept up in Oscar de la Renta’s confident vision of the luxurious life. The designer played to all of his strengths for spring, showing more of the pretty dresses, chic suits, and slim coats that have made him a touchstone of relaxed, modern elegance....Judging from the cuts and colors of this collection, de la Renta has Palm Beach on his mind." and for the evening pieces it was noted that; "Turning up the volume for evening, de la Renta progressed from a long, cool pour of pink charmeuse, to a giddy yellow satin strapless dress covered in nosegays of silk flowers, to embroidered and embellished showstoppers guaranteed to make it a memorable night—red carpet or not."
• This dress is absolutely dreamy. It is made out of the perfect pale pink silk that has been finished with a combination of black embroidery and black bead work that covers the entire dress. 
• The dress is strapless and the neckline has a soft rounded shape to it. The silk is shaped over the bust to give shape and curves. Inside it there is a full built-in corset that is cupped and shaped for support structure. 
• All of the panels that make up the dress are set vertically and he has use these to create the shape that you see. As it skims over the bust the panel panels narrow to create the shape through the waist. I love that there is no horizontal line to break the eye or the pattern that covers the dress.
• The skirt is spectacular. Here you see the true genius of Oscar. The panels that start at the top of the bus and narrowed into create the shape of the waist now expand into incredibly wide panels all the way around you. Each is over 30" wide by the time it reaches the hem and there are eight of them in total. This gives the skirt incredible volume that shows best when you move.
• Built in underneath that outer skirt is a second layer of the same silk. That layer has a stiffened edging all the way around it's ham and also is finished with a black chiffon ruffle that peaks out from underneath the top skirt as you move.
• The volume and lightness of the silk allows the skirt to move around you beautifully when you walk or move. When this is on and you are walking the effect that this creates is absolutely gorgeous. You can easily see that in the runway reference video.
• The final perfect detail is the extensive black embroidery and beadwork that covers the dress and highlights its shape and curves. I love how it is done in a deliberate pattern that follows the curves of the bodice and narrows in at the waist, giving the illusion of an even tinier waist.
• Dangling jetted beads circle all around the top edge of the dress and beads are worked through the embroidered pattern on the bodice. More embroidery is applied to each panel so that it circles around the entire skirt. When you move you glimpses of just how beautiful the embroidery is. 
• This little extra and pretty detail adds that perfect finishing element of romance and femininity. This is Oscar at his very best and it is a tremendously beautiful dress.
• Fully lined in a pink silk with a full built-in cupped corset inside the bodice. The corset closes with its own zipper and then the dress closes over that with a back set zipper. An inner waist stay hooks to close. The dress appears to have been worn very little if at all.
• Tagged ODLR 12
• Excellent condition 

Bust: 19-19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 9.5" from top of bodice to inner waist stay
Total length: 55.5" from top of bodice to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5330

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2004 Oscar de la Renta, Look 39.

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