• The twin of this dress walked the runway for the Cruise 2026 Christian Dior show as Look 55.
• It was made under the creative direction of Maria Grazia Chiuri.
• This was the final collection Maria for Dior and prior to the show she said "I want to show what I love, what I really love.". In Vogue's recap they said that "she was drawing attention to the role her city (Rome) has played in fashion - wrapped up as it is in the dolce vita of the 1950s, the glamorous hayday of the Cinecitta movie industry, and the glory of Valentino and Fendi, both of whom she worked for. On top of that she was celebrating the life of the Eris, hostess, and patron of the avant-garde arts, Mimi Pecci-Blunt."
• Dresses like this one showcase throughout the show described as "minimalist yet sumptuous simplicity" in the form of long, slim, semi-sheer dresses. Underwear visible, shoes flat. Vogue said she was "staking claim to the look she had coined at Dior."
• It was also seen on Wang Yu-wen in November of 2025.
• This dress is made from a soft interesting shade of a dusky soft pink colour that darkens or lightens depending on the way the light hits the cut velvet. The base fabric is a feather light silk chiffon and it comes with its matching silk chiffon inner slip.
• The shoulders are soft and neckline is a simple scoop. It buttons to close at the back of the neck and this sits above an open slit that runs down the back.
• The sleeves are incredible. Each curves out from just above the waist and then meets at a point out from the shoulder. On the top of each sleeve there is an slit opening that perfectly ties in with the slit at the back. You can see how this sits once on the body in the reference photos. This opening at the top and curving underneath also allow it to catch the air when you move for beautiful movement.
• The fabric is all cut on the bias and it skims over the bust and falls over the waist in a more generous full manner. We have not added a belt and it was not shown with one but if you wanted more shape it would be easy to add one.
• The dress curves outward over the hips and then widens out quite a bit by the hem. There is an immense amount of silk used in the skirt and the back is cut so that it falls longer than the front. When you move it moves beautifully around you.
• The entire dress is covered in a floral design made of a matching colour cut velvet. The way that it catches the light and changes colour is quite incredible. In some lights the dress feels to be a soft taupe with some areas of the pattern darkened because of how they catch the light. In other brighter lights the dress takes on a more soft nude, earthy pink feel. It is absolutely incredible and is a nod back to the best of this type of fabric in the twenties and thirties.
  
• The dress is unlined but comes with a matching separate slip. It has a button at the back of the neck but no other closures. It has ribbon finished interior seams and it is in its original uncut length. Pockets are hidden along each hip. The bias cut should allow it to fit a range of sizes and the comfortable range for both pieces of the set have been added below. If you needed the more room of the outer dress you could wear a larger slip underneath. It appears to have been worn very little if at all
• Tagged a modern Dior FR36, GB8, IT40, US4
• Excellent condition

Dress
Bust: approx to 20" flat across from side to side with no true side seams
Waist: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 63.5" from top of shoulder to the front hem, 73.5" to the back hem

Slip
Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5806

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• This set is from the Spring 2004 Cavalli collection.
• It was made under the creative direction of Roberto Cavalli.
• The print was seen on the runway on a silk chiffon piece for Look 15 in the 2004 show.
• A version of the look was photoed on and worn by Pamela Anderson who attended Jade Jagger's 33rd birthday party in October 2004 with Roberto Cavalli.
• I love that when the pieces are worn together it looks like a dress. And as good as it looks in these photos it is phenomenally better in person. The photos do not do the silk or the amount of movement and beauty of the cut full justice at all.
• The silk used on the dress is extraordinary and is all cut on the bias. The pattern runs entirely over both pieces and combines deep chocolates with the palest of pinks. 
• To achieve the final effect the design would have been created specifically for the pieces and how it lays over the body before the silk was cut. 
• The top of the set is done in a halter on both the front and back that angle up from under the arm into the neck. A long extended tie is set into the neck and this ties to the side. It is all done to have it feel as if you just somehow magically wrapped a silk scarf over yourself and tied it around the neck.
• Its bias cut allows it to simply skim over the bust, curve in slightly past the waist and then flare out again over the top of the hips.
• I have tucked it in for these photos but I also took a photo of it on its own so you can see how it falls. I also took a separate shot of the skirt.
• The skirt is completely cut on the bias and falls beautifully over the body once on.
• The band at the waist flips inwards and has elastic so it is incredibly easy to wear. The silk curves out and over the hips. It comes in slightly just below that and then the lower skirt is all set in with panels of silk that are attached on different angles. This gives it incredible fullness and allows it to open up around you when you move.
• It is cut longer at the back so you get this pretty sweeping line around you and this adds to the movement that it has.
• Both pieces are unlined. The waist of a skirt has elastic and the top has no closures other than tying at the neck. There is a built-in shelf piece inside the top. The bias cut of both pieces will allow them to drape around you once on. I have put the range of movement when laying flat below. I see some slight discolouration around the collar and some tiny marks on one side. I have photo the marked spot with the top lying flat and also with it on the dress form so you can see that once on it drapes and hides them for the most part. So that is not two sets of marks - that is one set photoed twice. There is also one other tiny mark on the top. That is also photoed.
• Both pieces are tagged a Cavalli vintage 46.
• Excellent overall condition with the notes above.

Top
Bust: 16-18.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bottom hem: to 20.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Length: approx 25" from neck to hem

Skirt
Elastic waist: 14-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 18-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 44" from waist to front hem, 55" to the longest point of the back

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5807

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• The dress is from the Spring 1967 George Halley collection. 
• It was made under the creative direction of George Halley.
• The twin of this dress in a different colour resides in the permanent collection of the Met Museum. Each dress would have been individual individually ordered by a client and it's possible that both the one that I have and the one in The Met are the only ones that exist in those colours.
• Halley was one of the great American Couturiers and he started his career working for Charles James. When he opened his own atelier in 1966 he was well on his way to fame. He won the Coty Award in 1968 and his work is on par with couture. He is one of my personal favourite designers.
• Women's Wear Daily called him 'a designer in a lovely world of his own'.
• This is an absolutely outstanding dress that shows the extreme level of detail that was being done in this era.
• The dress would have been made entirely by hand in his workshops.
• It is not perfect but it's small flaws are forgivable for what it is. Please read the entire listing carefully.
• The dress is made from a soft pink silk netting that tops an inner layer of a pale pink silk. The netted layer has an elaborate hand embroidered leaf and flower pattern done on a silver-black metal thread.
• Added over that to cover the entire surface of the dress are hand cut silk ans velvet flowers, prong set rhinestones, iridescent beads set by hand and tiny silver sequins.
  
• The front has a wide scooped neckline that is completely embellished all around the edges with clusters of the iridescent, beads and rhinestones. The same elaborate border circles around the edge of each sleeve.
• The shoulders are soft and the sleeves are capped so that they poof out slightly in a delightful shape.
• The bodice skims over you to a high empire cut just under the bust. There is an attached ivory velvet band that covers the seam there. This ends in a pretty and romantic bow at the back.
• The pattern on the bodice is set closer together with a more dense application of all the detailing. Once the skirt begins, the pattern is spread out slightly more to accommodate the width of the skirt.
• There is a full built-in well-made and structured underskirt made of pink silk and then the net skirt top layer sits over that.
• The top net layer is very full and there are many yards of fabric that make it up. It is elaborately detailed all the way around.
• The hem of the skirt is finished with a border of the velvet hand-cut flowers that have a prong set rhinestone at their centres and the iridescent beads spreading outward on the petals.
• All of the detailing has been applied to the dress by hand. It would have taken hundreds of hours to accomplish this and it is on par with true Couture.
• The workmanship on the dress is spectacular and I have included a lot of close-ups for you to see. It is even more amazing in person.
  
• The dress closes with a hand set back zipper and the bow snaps and hooks to close. The dress is hand lined in a pale pink silk. There is overall grubbiness/light discoloration and small marks on the velvet band and bow. It could be easily un-tacked and replaced. I see slight changes in colour along some of the edges of the inner pink silk lining, grubbiness along the hem and on some of the velvet flowers. There is some splitting of the silk along the edge of the inner hem. These are all minor overall but mentioned for accuracy
• There was no size tag present. Please go buy the measurements listed below.
• Great condition with the notes above

Sleeves: 7.5" and the opening is 10" around
Inset shoulders: 13.5"
Bust: to 16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the bust: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 10" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 54" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5808

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