Sleek 1990s Valentino Classic Red Dress w Slit Front Detail & Tiered Ruffled Hem designer-gucci The gown is constructed of

The gown is constructed of yards and yards of luxurious thick silk custom screened with a python design

custom made buttons and a loop

Item can be worn as belt or styled as a necklace or mini bag only

It has the added provenance of being the twin to the one featured in the ad campaign for 1970

Each wrist zips to close and the fabric is gathered and ruched around these closures

Sleek 1990s Valentino Classic Red Dress w Slit Front Detail & Tiered Ruffled Hem designer-gucci The gown is constructed ofValentino knows how to cut a dress to perfectly flatter a woman's body. Few designers can come close to the techniques he perfected over the decades of his prolific career. This is a wonderful example of his work from the turn of the 1990s. I love that it has been done in his classic crisp true Valentino red. This is a colour that he perfected to be flattering on almost any skin tone. The dress has that perfect minimalist feel to it that the nineties