1950'S Black Silk Organza Baroque Embroiderd Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1950'S Black Silk Organza Baroque Embroiderd Cocktail Dress
1950'S Black Silk Organza Baroque Embroiderd Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1950'S Black Silk Organza Baroque Embroiderd Cocktail Dress
1950's Vintage Kelly Green Silk Chiffon Cocktail Dress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This stunning 1950's Vintage Kelly Green Silk Chiffon Cocktail Dress is the perfect way to turn heads at any special occasion.
Vintage 1950's Silk Rose Bud Print Dress and Jacket 1950's Silk Dress Suit
Located in Nashville, TN
Rendered in the most sumptuous raw silk with a pattern of rose buds in shades of pink with bold green stems, accented by delicate pleated details and velvet finishings, this original...
Vintage 1950's Red Silk Strapless Cocktail dress 1950 beaded dress UK 1-4 US 0-2
Located in Nashville, TN
Rendered in the most eye-catching shade of red silk chiffon and embellished with silver lined glass bugle beads, red iridescent sequins and silver claw set rhinestones, this original...
Vintage 1950's Suzy Perette Black Cocktail Dress 1950s Silk Dress UK 6 US 2
By Suzy Perette
Located in Nashville, TN
This collectible 1950's Suzy Perette faille silk dress, rendered in a deep black silk, is the perfect piece to add to your collection. The bateau cut neckline is framed by mid leng...
1950S FRANK STARR Silk Chiffon Floral Cocktail Dress
By Frank Starr
Located in New York, NY
Sold as-is for design or costume, ask for additional photos before purchasing. 1950S FRANK STARR Silk Chiffon Floral Cocktail Dress
1950's Original by Rudolf Silk Taffeta Cocktail Dress
By Original by Rudolf
Located in Sharon, CT
1950's BallRoom Dress. Designer Max Cory Rudolf NYC Boutique. Tulle Slip attached to skirt. Bow in front below waist. Zipper in back. Appx USA 6
Hardy Amies Brown Silk Satin Goddess Cocktail Dress, 1950s
By Hardy Amies
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardy Amies 1950s Brown silk dress is the perfect choice for a cocktail or party event.
1950S Aquamarine Blue Silk Chiffon Beaded Party Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1950S Aquamarine Blue Silk Chiffon Beaded Party Cocktail Dress
1950S Ivory Embroidered Silk Organza Strapless Party Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1950S Ivory Embroidered Silk Organza Strapless Party Cocktail Dress
Vintage 1950's Black Silk Beaded Cocktail Dress Size 6
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1950's cocktail dress is composed of beaded applique silk chiffon.
Ceil Chapman 1950's Champagne Silk Hand Beaded Shimmering Cocktail Dress
By Ceil Chapman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Light up the room in this silver champagne cocktail dress with hand beading throughout by Ceil Chapman, from the 1950's.
Mingolini Gugenheim Couture 1950โs Black Silk Fit and Flare Cocktail Dress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Live La Dolce Vita in this gorgeous little number from Italian couturier Mingolini Gugenheim! Circa 1950's. Elegant little black cocktail dress in lush silk faille with dramatic tuck...
EDITH HEYMAN 1950's Pink Silk Cocktail Embellished Dress Size 4
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cocktail dress is composed of a light pink embellished taffeta. Features a side zipper closure with hook and eyes. In great vintage condition, sold "AS-IS", some discoloration a...
Vintage 1950's silk beaded cocktail dress fully beaded dress blouse bodice UK 4
Located in Nashville, TN
Rendered in an iconic and breathtaking silhouette, this original 1950's cocktail dress rendered in a black silk and embellished with trailing black glass beadwork, is the perfect pie...
1950'S Kelly Green & Black Silk Duchess Satin Chantilly Lace Strapless Cocktail
Located in New York, NY
1950'S Kelly Green & Black Silk Duchess Satin Chantilly Lace Strapless Cocktail Dress
1950s Hot Pink Silk Strapless Cocktail Dress
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Vintage 1950s Hot pink silk strapless cocktail dress with beaded bust and peplum hem.
1950S Henri Bendel Custom Black Rayon & Silk Tulle Cocktail Dress With Couture
Located in New York, NY
1950S Henri Bendel Custom Black Rayon & Silk Tulle Cocktail Dress With Couture Finishing
1950S BOB BUGNAND Black Silk Chiffon Draped Bodice & Swing Skirt Cocktail Dress
By Bob Bugnand
Located in New York, NY
1950S BOB BUGNAND Black Silk Chiffon Draped Bodice & Swing Skirt Cocktail Dress With Cape Train
1950S Navy Blue Silk Organza & Chantilly Lace Cocktail Dress With Beaded Ruffles
Located in New York, NY
Few small holes but otherwise in phenomenal near new condition. Lined in rayon. 1950S Navy Blue Silk Organza & Chantilly Lace Cocktail Dress With Beaded Ruffles
Vintage 1950's Red Floral Silk Pleated Wiggle Dress Cocktail 50s Dress US 2 UK 6
Located in Nashville, TN
Rendered in the most vibrant floral pattern, with blooming red flowers set against green foliage and a cream base, this original 1950's silk cocktail dress, is just the piece for tha...
Vintage 1950's Silk Velvet and Satin pink floral dress satin dress UK 8 US 4
Located in Nashville, TN
A gem to behold, this original 1950's satin dress, in shades of pink and red accented by silk velvet flocking details, in a pattern of wild daisies, is just the perfect piece for you...
1950's Pedro Rodriguez of Madrid Grey Silk Organza Cocktail Dress Size Small
By Pedro Rodriguez
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Robert Rodriguez of Madrid dress is composed of a grey silk organza. There is a center front neck tie with mother of pearl style buttons. The skirt features a full tightly pleat...
DON LOPER 1950's Yellow Silk embroidered Coat and Dress Ensemble Size 2
By Don Loper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Don Loper design features two pieces composed of silk. The coat features an embroidered pattern and an open draped style. The classic style dress has short sleeves with a peplum...
Vintage 1950's Black Ceil Chapman Pleated Dress Silk Jersey Cocktail UK 8 US 4
By Ceil Chapman
Located in Nashville, TN
Rendered in a classic silhouette, this original 1950's vintage Ceil Chapman dress, is the perfect Little black dress for your vintage wardrobe. The v shaped neckline is framed by a ...
Vintage 1950's Black and Pink Silk Velvet Floral Dress & Jacket UK 10 US 6
Located in Nashville, TN
Rendered in the most sumptuous black and floral satin with silk velvet flocking accents, this original 1950's dress and matching jacket is the perfect ensemble for that special occas...
1950s Jane Derby Vintage Black + Nude Silk Chiffon Cocktail Dress
By Jane Derby
Located in Sparks, NV
Stunning vintage early 1950s cocktail dress in black and nude silk satin and silk chiffon.
Vintage Ceil Chapman 1950s Emerald Silk 50S Cocktail Dress Scarf Neckline
By Ceil Chapman
Located in San Diego, CA
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1950s Floral Taffeta Silk French Couture New Look Style Dress
Located in London, GB
This stylish vintage couture 1950s silk taffeta coat dress with wide lapel and French cuff detail is smart, feminine and easily adaptable. The fabric design is a rose pattern in sof...
1950S PIERRE BALMAIN Ivory Haute Couture Silk Chiffon Ruched Strapless Cocktail
By Pierre Balmain
Located in New York, NY
1950S PIERRE BALMAIN Ivory Haute Couture Silk Chiffon Ruched Strapless Cocktail Dress
1950s Howard Greer Floral Silk Taffeta Strapless Trumpet-Skirt Cocktail Dress
By Howard Greer
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Howard Greer designed floral silk taffeta strapless cocktail dress: Bodice is fully boned and features a pleated inset of pointe d'esprit dรฉcolletage and a structured scooped a...
1950s Arnold Scaasi Vintage Yellow / Gold / Mustard Print Silk Cocktail Dress
By Arnold Scassi
Located in Sparks, NV
Vintage 1950s gold and yellow cocktail dress by Arnold Scaasi. Fully lined with rear zip and hook closure. Fits like a modern XS. The bust measures 37", waist 23", hips 50" and the t...
Vintage 1950s Frank Starr Black Silk Cocktail Dress Lace Bodice Full Skirt
By Frank Starr
Located in San Diego, CA
โธป ๐ Measurements Bust: 38 inches Waist: 29โ30 inches Hips: 62 inches Length (top back shoulder to hem): 42 inches โธป โจ Key Features โข Designer: Frank Starr โข Era: Late 1950s ...
Gorgeous 1950s 50s Lipstick Red Demi Couture Silk Brocade Cocktail Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Stunning 1950s vintage lipstick red DEMI COUTURE silk brocade dress! Floral brocade throughout with a wonderful chiffon overlay skirt. Mostly hand sewn. Full metal zipper up the back...
Plunging Buff Silk Chiffon Nude Dressing Cocktail Dress โ XS - S, 1950s
Located in Tucson, AZ
A diaphanous piece as weightless as it is pale, this dressโs beautiful color is complemented by its Grecian silhouette. Its wide neckline falls softly off the shoulders for further a...
Ceil Chapman Silk Cocktail Dress with Pink Red Sash Waist 1950s
By Ceil Chapman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ceil Chapman vintage 1950s sleeveless black boatneck dress with skinny straps at top shoulder and crossed pleat detail at front and back bodice. Skirt is gathered at deep pink/red at...
Arnold Scaasi 1950s Off-Shoulder Silk Floral Dress โ Brooklyn Museum Provenance
By Arnold Scaasi
Located in Kingston, NY
An extraordinary archival piece from American designer Arnold Scaasi, this 1950s floral silk cocktail dress exemplifies the glamour and sculptural elegance that defined midcentury co...
1950s Suzy Perette Red Silk Taffeta Cocktail Dress w Full Draped Skirt
By Suzy Perette
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Suzy Perette Red Silk Cocktail Dress w Full Skirt & Artful Draping: This stunning iconic 50s style dress has a chic apron-like dรฉcolletage with boned bodice and crinolines for ...
1950S Black Rayon & Silk Lace Ruffled Fit Flare Swing Skirt Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1950S Black Rayon & Silk Lace Ruffled Fit Flare Swing Skirt Cocktail Dress
1950S Black & White Haute Couture Silk Duchess Satin Lace Sexy Fitted Cocktail
Located in New York, NY
Fully lined in a rich tissue silk. No boning. 1950S Black & White Haute Couture Silk Duchess Satin Lace Sexy Fitted Cocktail Dress
1950s Bergdorf Goodman Cocoa Silk Cocktail Dress w Lace Applique and Feathers
By Bergdorf Goodman
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Bergdorf Goodman couture-quality cocoa silk taffeta cocktail dress: Strapless with structured, and boned bodice.
1950s Demi Couture Black Silk Cut - Out Chic Vintage 50s Cocktail Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Chic 1950s demi couture black silk cut-out cocktail dress!
1950s- 1960s Dorothy Litzan for Roban Vintage Blue Silk + Lace Cocktail Dress
Located in Sparks, NV
Stunning vintage robin's egg blue silk taffeta cocktail dress with a scoop neck, chantilly lace and tulip hem by Dorothy Litzan for Roban. Partially lined with rear metal zip and hoo...
1950'S HELEN ROSE Black & White Silk Chiffon Elizabeth Taylor Style Full Skirt
By Helen Rose
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Taylor wore a version of this Helen Rose dress in all white famously in the film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" 1950'S HELEN ROSE Black & White Silk Chiffon Elizabeth Taylor Style...
1950s Ceil Chapman Black Silk Organza & Lace New Look Cocktail Dress w Applique
By Ceil Chapman
Located in Gresham, OR
1950s Ceil Chapman Black Silk Organza & Lace New Look Cocktail Dress w Applique Banded Designs: A wonderful cocktail outfit from esteemed designer Ceil Chapman, this scoopneck, scul...
1950S Sepia & Purple Silk Abstract Floral Dress With Petaled Drop-Waist Skirt
Located in New York, NY
1950S Sepia & Purple Silk Abstract Floral Dress With Petaled Drop-Waist Skirt
1950s Claire McCardell Blue Silk Dress
By Claire McCardell
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Late 50s Claire McCardell Blue Silk Dress with 3/4 sleeves. Fit size: Small/ 4 Bust : 36โ/ Waist :26โ / Dress Length : 48 with 2โ hem **small faint light discoloration on shoulde...
Amazing 1950s Canary Yellow Silk Vintage Cut - Out 50s Bombshell Wiggle Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
The perfect yellow dress for spring and summer! This fine mid century gem features cut-outs above the bust, and at hem. Cut-outs feature a sheer layer of yellow silk underneath. High...
Late 1950s Addie Masters Silk 50s Day Dress w/ Yellow & White Polka Dots
Located in San Diego, CA
Amazing late 1950s/very early 1960s Addie Masters silk dress! Vibrant yellow color, with white polka dots throughout. Addie Masters was a very important Californian designer in the 1...
1950s Red Silk Off-The-Shoulder Dress
Located in London, GB
This colour-block red silk cocktail dress was manufactured in America in the mid-1950s.
Chic 1950s Pocket Watch Novelty Print Red White and Blue Silk 50s Shirt Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Chic vintage 1950s silk novelty pocket watch print silk fit n' flare nautical shirt dress! Features pocket watches printed throughout in red, white and navy blue. Buttons up the fron...
1950's MINGOLINI GUGGENHEIM Purple & Black Floral Print Silk Dress Set size 2-4
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a vintage silk purple and black floral print dress with matching coat by Mingolini Gugenheim. It is a strapless bustier dress with a 17" side-seam zipper, a bow detail which ...
Ceil Chapman Peach Silk Brocade Cocktail Sheath, 1950s
By Ceil Chapman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Super sexy sheath by the great Ceil Chapman. Mid 50s dress in luscious peach and gold brocade. Intricately pleated at waist Deep decolletage. Short kick pleat at rear hem. Rare and h...
1950s Silvano of Roma for Heiser Red Gold Silver Dipped Hem Silk Mini Dress Top
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous vintage 50s SILVANO OF ROMA FOR HEISER red silk dip hem mini dress or top! Hard to find designer is hugely sought after! Features an all-over metallic brocade pattern in gol...
New Werle of Beverly Hills 1950s Sculptural Silk Dress
By Daniel Werle
Located in Water Mill, NY
A stunning sculptural black silk dress from Werle, Beverly Hills. It has a one shoulder fitted bodice with an inner boned corset. The skirt consists of 1 tier wrapping horizontally ...
1950s Gigi Young Blue and Black Floral Silk Dress
By GiGi Young
Located in London, GB
Designed by GiGi Young, a New York label, in the late 1950s or very early 1960s. GiGi Young's parent company also owned Suzy Perette and were famous for interpreting the cinched wai...
1950s Lane Bryant Blue and Green Floral Silk Dress
Located in London, GB
This charming 1950โs floral printed silk dress is by America designer Lane Bryant, who was extolled as one of the pioneers of ready to wear plus size clothing and the first to mass p...
With entire museum exhibitions dedicated to examining fashion designers and their creations, weโre finally recognizing that costuming is art. Evening dresses over time have conveyed specific statements about social class, position and beliefs. Fashion is a powerful means of self-expression, and sophisticated vintage evening dresses and gowns by our favorite couturier play no small role in making us feel wonderful but, perhaps more importantly, making us feel like ourselves.
In the 16th century, dresses and gowns were so important that England's Queen Elizabeth I defined rules about what dresses women could wear โ guidance included long skirts and fitted bodices. Forward-thinking designers have responded to this history.
Gabrielle โCocoโ Chanel reimagined traditionally masculine garments for feminine shapes, and her elegant evening dresses and gowns promoted comfort and grace in womenโs wear that had been dominated in the previous century by layers of fabric. Christian Dior's gownsย celebrated luxury and femininity in the late 1940s โ and gave to women the gift of glamour theyโd lost in the miserable years of the war. French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent introduced innovative and highly coveted dress designs in the 1960s while at the same time challenging sexist stereotypes about which members of society could wear tuxedos.
Works by unconventional British designer John Galliano โ featured in houses like Givenchy and Dior โ redefined limits that dressmakers faced in terms of material, construction and vision during the late 20th century. From his embroidered absinthe-green Oscars gown for actress Nicole Kidman to the iconic sleevelessย Dior newspaper dressย thatย Sex and the Cityโs Carrie Bradshaw made famous, Gallianoโs intricate and multifaceted work isย reliably collectibleย and newsworthy
Todayโs designers target an increasingly broad audience with their boundary-crossing work, and their tendency to play off of each otherโs ideas means that every walk down the runway is also a walk through an entire history of fashion design and dress craftsmanship.
Whether you gravitate toward backless maxi dresses or silk charmeuse gowns by Alexander McQueen or embellished, ruffled floral-print designs by Chloe or Versace, there is an extraordinary collection of vintage and designer evening dresses and gowns waiting for you on 1stDibs.
Costumer to the stars Ray Aghayan brought the famed painting to life with his spectacular design.
From handbags and heels to jackets and jewels, Sharon Coplan Hurowitz has a deep admiration for (and collection of) all things Chanel.
Jeriana San Juan explains how she undertook the intimidating project of designing costumes for the new Netflix series about the New York fashion legend. (Hint: She found vintage Halston on 1stDibs!)
Once considered a controversial item of clothing, fashion designer Sonja de Lennart's creation is now a bona fide classic.
The classic tweed garment has been a wardrobe staple of chic women around the world since the 1950s.
Amanda Benchley and Bridget Moynahan teamed up to explore the relationship between powerful women and their most significant footwear.
This year's Costume Institute exhibition is all about embracing the eccentric.
Ballrooms, Bar Suits and British royals โ in a sweeping exhibition, the London museum looks back on 70 years of the French fashion house, as well as its illustrious founder and his fondness for the United Kingdom.