• The twin of the dress walked the Spring 2009 runway for Look 62 
• Under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
• This is the actual dress that was worn by Catriona Balfe for the Season 5 premiere of Outlander in 2020. 
• In the book "Chanel Catwalk" the notes on this collection tell us that for this show they rebuilt the facade of 31 rue de Cambron inside of the Grand Palais. The collection played homage to classic Chanel style. The palette of the show was mainly black, white, pink and grey. Many of the pieces had a touch of a lingerie inspiration in them, including this gorgeous dress. It was one of the outstanding pieces in the show and it is even more beautiful in person. My photos don't come close to doing it justice. 
• The upper bodice and shoulders of the dress are made of a fine silk netting that has a touch of transparency to it. It breaks at the back to leave a bare expanse of skin down the centre. 
• A muted silk satin, with a more matte finish, is used to create a tiny little bodice piece that wraps around you.  A little bow sits at the centre front for a pretty and feminine touch.
• The skirt falls from that empire cut and flows outward to the floor, expanding by quite a bit as it nears the hem.
• It is made of four layers, a top black silk net layer, a more ivory layer under that, and then two inner black silk organza layers that sit next to the skin.
• Fully lined in silk behind the bust area and the inner two layers of the skirt are a black silk organza.
• The bodice buttons to close  with two pewter coloured silver metal buttons at the back and the dress zips to close under that.
• Tagged a Chanel 38.
• I see a couple of very tiny and little minor pulls and breaks in the skirt near the hem that don't affect it at all but are mentioned for accuracy and a repair near the edge of the arm opening. Overall excellent condition

Bust: 16-16.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Seam under the waist: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 10.5" from top of shoulders to waist
Total length: 62.5" from top of shoulders to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5050

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2009 Chanel Runway, Look 62. Model Kim Noorda.  /  (5-6) Catriona Balfe, in this dress, at the season 5 premiere of Outlander, February 2020.

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• Note that due to new regulations this coat can only ship to a Canadian address 
  
• This appears to be the actual Haute Couture sample coat that walked the runway for the Fall 1985 Jean Patou collection for Look 12
• Made under the creative direction of Christian Lacroix 
  
• This is an extremely rare and important piece of fashion history. Very few pieces of his work at Patou come up for sale and this is more then likely the only piece to exist.
• Made in the Paris atelier
• Made of a soft orange wool shaped in an enveloping cocoon shape highly reminiscent of a 1920s flapper coat.
• It is all cut on the bias so once it is on the body it wraps around you beautifully. It is extraordinary. 
  
• The sleeves are quite extremely wide and they have a long wide cuff that flips up and over the sleeve. The cuff is completely covered in hand dyed feathers.
• More of the same hand dyed feathers are used to create a huge shawl collar that drapes down and over the shoulders. It continues to run all the way to the hem and circles around to the back hem.
• The coat narrows in as it reaches its bottom. This is a classic cut for this style of cocoon coat
• It feels wonderfully decadent and opulent, both key design elements in Lacroix's work. It is literally like wearing a work of art.
• Partially lined in a silk through the upper body of the coat and through the sleeves. The rest is unlined.
• Has its hand written Haute Couture sample label in place and attached metal couture tag
• Excellent condition

It is very full and open and has no closures so should fit almost any size. It is approximately 52 inches from neck to hem but that will come up a bit once it is on the body.

Modern Sizing Equivalent: OSFA

Item# DD5048

Reference Photo: Fall 1985 Christian Lacroix Haute Couture.

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• The twin of this coat walked the runway for Look 9 for the Fall 2019 runway show on Kaia Gerber
• Under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli
• The Vogue review for this collection touched on Pierpaolos's inspiration for the show saying; "(he is) a man on an intuitive mission to place fashion on a positive plane. 'I feel that people are looking for emotion and dreams—but not distant dreams,' he said today before his ready-to-wear show was about to take to the runway. 'I want to create a community for Valentino. I mean something different from ‘lifestyle,’ which is about owning objects. It’s about people who share values.'"
• It was photoed for editorials and worn on carpets that year
• Made from a beautiful orange wool that is extremely soft to the touch. Dyed feathers to match the colour have been added over the entire coat for an beautiful tactile feel. This also adds incredible movement once on.
• It has an open cocoon type shape that should fit a variety of sizes. It is meant to feel slightly oversized.
• There is a panel of fabric along the inner back hem that has the words "wrap me, free me, see me" done in black beads
• Pockets along each hip
• Unlined and closes with hidden set fabric covered snaps 
  
• Tagged a modern Valentino 36
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: approx 19"
Shoulders: no true seams
Bust: 25" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 26" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 34" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-RG

Item# DD5047

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Fall 2019 Valentino, Look 9. Model Kaia Gerber.  /  (5) Priyanka Chopra Jonas photographed for Elle UK, August 2019.  /  (6) Phoebe Tonkin for Neiman Marcus, 2019.  /  (7) Naomi Scott at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, 2019.

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• A shorter version walked the runway for Spring 2012 for Look 47
• Under the creative direction of Karl Lagerfeld
• The body of the dress is a pale pink knit whose design is set in little individual scallops that slightly overlap the one underneath. It is very intricate and beautiful 
• The neckline is scooped and there are flowers made out of stiffened silk organza mixed with an iridescent fabric that also is stiffened. These are curled inward to form petals. There is a cluster of five flowers around the neck and then ten run down the centre of the front. More circle around the entire hem. The iridescent petals catch the light and add a beautiful dimension to the dress.
• The sleeves are made out of a ivory silk chiffon and each closes with a little domed Chanel button with the double C logo in gold. A third button sits at the back of the neck. Despite having the Chanel button I think that these sleeves may have been added at a later date or upon request of the client. It would explain why they still have the Chanel buttons but they don't look like they were integral to the dress by the way they are set into the arm. I have left it as found but if you did not like them they could easily be removed.
• The dress is unlined and slips over the head to wear. It buttons to close at the back of the neck and on each cuff.
• Tagged a Chanel 36
• The button at the back of the neck has lost its little gold double C logo. I see a tiny little break in the silk at the top of one shoulder. It otherwise is an excellent condition.

Sleeves: 23" and are 13" around the upper arm
Bust: 15-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 15-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17-19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 36" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent:  XS-SML

Item# DD5044

Reference Photo/Video: Spring 2012 Chanel, Look 47. Model Anna Selezneva.

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• Resort 2018 Prada runway Look 23
• Under the creative direction of Miuccia Prada
  
• The runway version did not have the gray underneath the chain metal so it was worn more as a tunic. When they added the grey silk band for the shops it allowed it to be worn as a mini dress
• Made from a pale pink crepe with a soft grey design printed over it that incorporates the word Prada on both the front and back
• The lower portion of the skirt is a pale grey stretch silk like fabric. A metal chain mail detailing goes around the top part of that lower skirt
• It has a high collar and the sleeves are long. Each sleeve is finished in a pale pink feather cuff.
• Pin-tuck detailing creates a very pretty and detailed finish at the front of the dress
• The fit through the body is more full and open much like a 1920s flapper dress
  
• It closes with a hidden set back zipper
• Tagged a modern Prada 40
• I see some teeny little marks on the grey silk and one tiny faint spot on the top of one shoulder. It has the slightest perfumey smell, otherwise in excellent condition.

Sleeves: 25" including the feathers and are 11" around the upper arm
Shoulders: 15.5"
Bust: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 34" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5046

Reference Photos/Video: Resort 2018 Prada, Look 23.

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• The twin of this dress walked the runway in the Spring 2003 show for Look 64
• Under the creative direction of the original Mr. Valentino
• It was the only dress shown in this entire collection that season that was done in his signature Valentino red. So when you look through the collection photos it really stands out.
• The show was a huge success and Vogue especially loved the evening pieces; "For the evening review, it gets even better. Valentino's communiqués from his couture collection show up as delicate metallic-embroidered chiffons made into fragile capes, cardigans or dresses. And for the grand occasion, there's a full battalion of the designer's fabulous signature chiffon gowns." 
• Suspended from the shoulders by two tiny straps in the same red silk. The bodice is seamed just under the breasts and have minimal darting. 
  
• It skims over the waist and hips and then from there it falls to the floor in a beautiful column of the red silk crepe.
• The back of the dress is cut slightly longer so you have a tiny bit of a sweep behind you.
• Two panels of silk chiffon wrap around the waist area to add detail and shape the dress. The panels are attached all the way around you and then loop through openings at the front of the dress. The ties are cut extra long and fall to just above the hem at the front of the dress.
• The dress closes with a hidden set side zipper.
• The top panel of the bodice is lined in a red silk and the rest of the dress is unlined.
• Tagged a vintage Valentino 10.
• I see a touch of grubbiness here and there around the hem but otherwise excellent condition

Bust: 17-17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam with a A-B cup
Seam under the bust: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14-16" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: just under 4" from top of bodice to seam under the bust at the middle and it is 10" from the top of the strap to the seam under the bust
Total length: 61" from top of shoulders to front hem, 63" to the back hem. 

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD4916

Reference Photos/Video: Spring 2003 Valentino, Look 64.

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• Its twin in pink was shown for the Pre-fall 2017 Celine collection
• Under the creative direction of Phoebe Philo
• Made from a beautiful clear toned red silk
• The sleeves are long and have a seaming detail above the cuffs
• The top blouses over you with a tie detail at the front. I have just looped it once and let the ties hang but you could also wrap them around you or make them into a bow
• The sides of the skirt have a functional pocket detail and these are done so that they sit out from the hip, adding to the avant garde feel of the dress
• Beautifully made and lined in a red silk
• It closes with a back hidden set zipper and each cuff has a hidden set zipper
• Tagged a modern Celine 36
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 24.5"
Slightly dropped shoulders: 17"
Bust: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from neck to waist
Total length: 50" from neck to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5043

Reference Photo: Pre-Fall 2017 Celine, Look 30.

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• Unlabeled and came from the estate of a woman bought a lot of Oscar de la Renta, Fath, Versace and other high end labels and you can tell that this a dress of quality even without knowing its label.
• It is made out of a beautiful clear and true red silk
• The bodice is strapless and is fitted and shaped to accentuate your curves. The waist nips in and then it extends down one side into a sharp angle. I love how this lengthens the body and gives shape around the hip.
• Below that the skirt is very full and billows out and around you beautifully. The way it is set into the angle of the skirt in soft gathers gives it its fullness. From the side this creates a beautiful angle from the waist to hem.
• Fully lined in a red silk through the bodice and the skirt is lined in two layers of red silk
• It closes with a side set zipper and has light boning through the bodice
• Excellent condition

Bust: 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: 20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 10" from top of bodice to waist
Total length: 54" from top of bodice to hem with 3.5" turned under the hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5042

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• Made under the creative direction of Bill Blass
• A beautiful deep blue silk taffeta gown with a deep plunging back to leave a bare expanse of skin
• A dramatic collar made of the same blue silk and forming a dense applique of flowers wraps around the neckline and follows the plunge of the back. The same detailing goes around each cuff.
• The sleeves are incredibly full 
  
• The waist nips in and the skirt opens up to be very full as it falls to the hem.
• Fully lined in the same silk through the bodice and a black silk organza through the skirt
• Tagged a vintage Blass 12
• Closes with a hidden set back zipper. Hand finishes
• Excellent condition

Sleeves: 22.5" and are full and open through the upper arm
Shoulders: approx 15"
Bust: to 19" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips:  open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 60" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-MED

Item# DD5039

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• From the Spring 2008 Lanvin collection
• Made under the creative direction of Alber Elbaz
• Gorgeous light in weight deep blue silk dress that flows over the body from the shoulders. 
• The top of each shoulder has an almost transparent net detailing. It is plunged at both the front and back.
• A wide silk ribbon wraps around the waist to a front bow. The dress flows to the floor under that. 
  
• Lined in a paler blue silk 
  
• Slips on to wear and the ribbon around the waist snaps into place under the bow
• It appears to have been worn very little if at all
• Tagged a Lanvin 38 and the loose and easy cut should fit a range of sizes. You could add or take away to the ribbon around the waist to fit it perfectly to where you need it
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist-hips: Open
Belt when closed: to 15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5040

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• Made under the creative direction of Oscar de la Renta
• This can be worn as a coat or a dress
• It is made out of a stunning iridescent blue silk taffeta. The fabric choice keeps it light in weight but also holds the lines and shape.
• Big balloon sleeves with cuffs detailed with pleat work
• The body of the piece is cut loose and easy.
• It closes down the front with incredible oversized frog knots that are completely beaded. Another knot sits on the back.
• There are pockets on each side and the bottom portion of the piece is incredibly full and open.
• Fully lined in the same blue silk taffeta as the exterior
• It has a wide inner elastic waist corset that wraps around the inner waist and hooks into place
• It closes down the front with the frog knots and a series of hidden hooks and hidden silk covered snaps. 
  
• Shallow pockets along each hip and light padding in each shoulder
• Excellent condition with some teeny marks and teeny breaks along the very edge of the hem and the front. These make no impact but are mentioned for accuracy.

Sleeves: 28" and the upper arm is full and open
Shoulders: 15.5
Bust: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Total length: 60" from neck to front hem, 62" to the back

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5041

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• Its near twin was seen in the Resort 1976 collection
• Under the creative direction of Roy Halston
  
• Made of two layers of silk chiffon that spiral around each other. The top layer is a pale peach and the inner layer a softer paler version of the same colour.
• Completely cut on the bias so has lots of movement and is an easy fit across a range of sizes.
• It hooks at the top of one shoulder and then simply drapes around you. There is a panel that extends out from the side and you can hook this along the edge of the neckline so that it is fully wrapped around you and creates a more cape feel over one arm, or you can just let that sit over your shoulder and trail downward to the floor. I have shown how this looks on one of the back photos.
• Working with this fabric is incredibly difficult and it is a testament to his skill to create such a simple but complex pattern. It is absolutely beautiful.
• There is a small repair along the edge of the wrapped panel and another small vertical one near the shoulder. Please see the photos after the label shot. Some slight fraying near where it hooks at the top of the shoulder and along the inner edge of the seams. All minor and otherwise excellent condition.

Bust: 16-20" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: open
Total length: approx 56" from top of shoulder to hem and the piece that wraps around and hooks into place extends down to 60" if you do not hook it

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-LRG

Item# DD5038

Reference Photo: Resort 1976 Halston.

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• Circa late 1990s
• Under the creative direction of Gianni Versace
• A muted pastel salmon colour that is more pastel feeling in real life than how it photoed here
• The dress has a wide gathered band around the waist and a piece that is attached and loops in and behind one of the panels that form the top
• The panels are one piece of fabric that loops around the neck and the down to attach into the waist. You cross it over itself so that it goes behind the neck. You can then wear them high up on the shoulder or have it cape and fall over the upper arm.
• This leaves your entire back open and exposed
• The skirt has an inner piece that acts a partial lining. The outer skirt drapes over that and forms those interesting pocket like pieces on each hip. It then drapes inwards and down to the hem with a centre slit up both the front and back of the skirt
• It is a very interesting and an avant garde design
• The bodice is made of two layers of the same fabric and the skirt has a partial lining through the hips and the rest of the skirt is unlined.
• Tag a vintage Versace 42
• Excellent condition

Bust: each panel is 11" flat across from side to side
Waist: to 15.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Inner hips: to 21.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: adjust depending on how you twist to wear it
Total length: approx 62" from neck to hem
Slits: approx 25" from the longest point of the hem to the top of the slit

Modern Sizing Equivalent: MED-LRG

Item# DD5037

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• Harry Algo pieces are extremely well tailored and the line was sold at high end shops like the Elizabeth Arden couture salon in NYC. 
• Incredibly beautiful dress with a classic vintage feel
• Made from a printed silk chiffon that combines a deep peach/orange base with pale shades of blue and soft grey printed onto the silk
• It is fully lined in a peach silk that act the lining. On the bodice the silk chiffon is set over this and attached around the edges of the arm holes. A caped piece starts at the front of the arm and wraps all the way back like a little perfect cape.
• That attached cape piece is finished with a densely applied edge of hand dyed feathers to bring out the colours in the print
• The waist is seamed and I have added a little ribbon there. It is not original to the dress but will be sent with it.
• The skirt flows to the floor with an extra layer of silk chiffon under the top printed layer
• Fully lined in silk and closes with a back zipper. The cape part buttons to close behind the neck
• Hand finishes throughout and very well made
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 17.5" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open
Bodice: 15" from top of shoulder to waist
Total length: 54" from top of shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-SML

Item# DD5036

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• Outstanding designs from this era are increasingly hard to find and this beautiful dress is a joy to see.
• Made entirely of a black silk velvet that is light and has incredible movement and softness.
• The dress is completely bias cut and drapes over the bust, comes in at the waist and then skims over your hips to fall to the floor in a beautiful expanse of silk velvet.
• The skirt widens out as it nears the floor and the back is cut slightly longer for a bit of a sweeping feel.
• The sides are set in a bit of low plunge and the back plunges right to the waist. It is simply a beautiful dress.
• Unlined and completely cut on the bias
• Slips on to wear with no closures
• It's a piece that can accommodate a lot of sizes because of the range of movement the bias cut has. I've put extra small to medium, but it might even work on a large as long as the waist works.
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 13-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 24" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 15" from the top of the shoulder to the waist
Total length: 62" from top of shoulder to front hem, 70" to the back hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: SML-LRG

Item# DD5033

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• The twin of this dress was photoed for Vogue that season 
• A rare example of an all black Faye Dress.
• The Faye dress was named after Faye Dunaway and Thea made these in various fabrications starting in 1968. These were one of her most iconic designs. This is the only one I've ever seen outside of the Vogue shot in a single solid colour. Given her extremely limited run on certain pieces it could only be one of a couple that exist. It is truly a very special piece.
• The neckline has a high collar that wraps around the neck.
• The body skims over you to a seam that is centred along the front waist and sits slightly high. Black silk chiffon is heavily gathered into that seam and falls down into the skirt. 
• A panel of silk falls from under the arm to the hem and then that gathered-in area repeats at the back. This gives you a touch of shape through the front and back while still keeping the waist loose and generous in feel. It's a very clever design detail that is a signature of her classic Faye dresses.
• Each sleeve is gathered onto the top of the shoulder and then they are cut to be extremely wide and full flaring out to their ends. A wide black satin ribbon finishes the edge while a second ribbon sits above that for added detail. That same double ribbon treatment runs all the way around the hem of the dress.
• These Faye dresses were not a true caftan but they did have that easy to wear feel to them that her caftan pieces also have. This is an exceptional and rare example of her work.
• Unlined and has a touch of transparency to it so you would have to wear something underneath if you wanted it to be opaque
• It closes with a zipper at the back and hook & eye at the back of the neck.
• Excellent condition

Neck: 13.5" around
Sleeves: 17" and are very full around the upper arm
Shoulders: no true defined seams as the seam is inset
Bust: 16.5-17" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 14.5-15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: open" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: 12.5" from neck to seam at waist
Total length: 56" from top of the shoulder to hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5034

Reference Photo: British Vogue, October 1969

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• This is a very well documented dress. It was shot for Elle France magazine that season in an orange, and Carolyn Murphy wore its twin in green to the Met Gala in 2003.
• The collar is fully beaded and the dress falls from there in a long sheath to the floor over the body with just a slight bit of shape through the waist.
• At the back five cords extend out and hook on the sides of the neck and then cross over each other to attach to the dress on the other side.
• Each of the cords has beads that are knotted into it along the lengths.
• Where it attaches in at the sides, the cords extend and drop down. When you walk these move and the full effect is just amazing.
• Unlined and slips on to wear
• The cords at the back hook into place on either side of the neck. Hand finishes throughout.
  
• The fabric does have stretch and the measurement below are those comfortable while laying flat. The back dips to approx 20-21"
• Excellent condition

Bust: 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: 12 -15" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: 17-21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Total length: 60" from hem

Modern Sizing Equivalent: XS-MED

Item# DD5035

Reference Photos: (1) Model on left in Loris Azzaro for Elle France, September 1971. Photographed by Hans Feurer.  /  (2) Carolyn Murphy in Vintage Loris Azzaro at the 2003 Met Gala.

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