White guipure dress on silk and tulle lining. Valentino
By Valentino
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
White guipure dress on silk and tulle lining. THE NECKLESS ON THE PRIMARY IMAGE IS NOT A PART OF THE DRESS ( AND NOT INCLUDE) SIZE 8
White guipure dress on silk and tulle lining. Valentino
By Valentino
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
White guipure dress on silk and tulle lining. THE NECKLESS ON THE PRIMARY IMAGE IS NOT A PART OF THE DRESS ( AND NOT INCLUDE) SIZE 8
2011 Valentino White Dress with Ruffle Detail and Embellished Strap
By Valentino
Located in London, GB
It would make a stunning and highly memorable wedding dress. This dress is in excellent condition, we noted some incredibly light markings toward the very bottom hem where it has gr...
NEW Valentino Draped Cady Silk Evening Bridal Goddess Gown Cape Dress 8
By Valentino, Valentino Garavani
Located in Switzerland, CH
INCREDIBLE VALENTINO GRECIAN GODDESS IVORY SILK EVENING GOWN Gorgeous off-white evening gown inspired by the Grecian goddesses by VALENTINO. Details: Draped Neckline Three-quarter...
UNWORN Valentino Draped Cady Silk Evening Cape t Ruffle Dress Gown Bridal 40
By Valentino Garavani, Valentino
Located in Switzerland, CH
This Valentino Garavani gown is cut from fluid silk-crepe, artfully draped to enhance the statuesque shape. Understated elegance defines Valentino's vision. Cut from silk-crepe, this...
2006 Valentino Haute Couture Ruffle White and Silver Gown
By Valentino
Located in London, GB
One of the most exceptional, one of a kind, evening dresses we have ever had at Circa Vintage. Couture crafted in the Valentino atelier in Rome and designed by Valentino Garavani him...
Valentino crepe and chiffon vintage pink dress with golden and swarosky straps
By Valentino Couture
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
This started off the fashion house’s connection to influential women, with Valentino designing wedding dresses for the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Hathaway, Courtney Cox and Prin...
Valentino lace beige top body shirt
By Valentino Couture
Located in Neguri, Vizcaya
This started off the fashion house’s connection to influential women, with Valentino designing wedding dresses for the likes of Elizabeth Taylor, Anne Hathaway, Courtney Cox and Prin...
1965 Valentino Haute Couture Museum-Held Beaded Lamé Ivory Lace Mod Shift Dress
By Valentino Couture, Valentino Garavani
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A timeless archival Valentino that is perfect for any modern wedding or red carpet moment.
Valentino Prêt-å-Porter White Crepe One Shoulder Gown
By Valentino
Located in New York City, NY
Valentino Garavani is the most celebrated of all Italian couturiers. The Valentino woman is glamorous, beautiful, elegant and feminine. She appreciates the embellishments of couture ...
2011 Valentino Natural White Wedding Dress
By Valentino
Located in Gazzaniga (BG), IT
Magnificent wedding dress by Valentino Sposa (Bride) "Columba" model, made by a wonderful and skilful work of chantilly lace Natural white color A beautiful combined voile of the ...
Valentino 1996 Haute Couture Wedding Gown with Valentino Sketches
By Valentino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valentino Haute Couture wedding gown. Angie Everhart had been a Valentino model in the early 1990s and she commissioned him to create this $70,000.00 spectacular gown for her marr...
2000s Valentino Green Silk Polkadot Spaghetti Strap Gown
By Valentino
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
2000s Valentino Green and white polkadot spaghetti strap silk dress. Size 8 Measurements : Bust fit 35 inches Waist 29 inches Hip 36 inches Dress length 59 inches
Valentino Black and Pink Silk Gown with Bow
By Valentino Garavani, Valentino
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
2000s Valentino Black and Pink Sleeveless Silk Gown with Bows. Size IT42 fit US 6 measurement : Bust 36” Waist 29” Length : 59”
Valentino vintage ivory silver sequin beaded backless wedding dress maxi gown
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
A beautiful floor length vintage gown by Valentino that could also be worn as an evening dress or wedding gown Ivory silk fitted column style dress with ruched tie sides Floral cut o...
VALENTINO Vintage Ivory Bridal Wedding Gown
By Valentino
Located in Leonardo, NJ
Valentino Roma Vintage Ivory Embellishments at front Ruching throughout IT44 NWT's, some light dusty marks that do not show up on camera. With a dry clean will be pristine. Measureme...
Valentino S/S 2007 embellished sheer silk slip pink floral wedding mini dress
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
LOVE LALI VINTAGE A very rare ensemble from Valentino Spring Summer 2007, recently spotted on Olivia Rodriguez who wore this to the after-party at the Grammys this year. Consists o...
Valentino ivory peekaboo lace bust ruffle sleeve bow train wedding gown dress
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
LOVE LALI Vintage This is a beautiful ivory gown by Valentino that could be worn in an evening or just as easily as a wedding dress The bust has an inner panel of white peekaboo lac...
Valentino vintage backless white ivory fitted wedding dress gown with train
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
The back is cut very low in a deep V. The dress is wonderfully elegant and would be perfect for a wedding dress.
Valentino white ivory floral embellished crystal ruffle wedding gown dress 8
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
LOVE LALI VINTAGE Valentino floor length ivory/white gown. Beautiful sheer ruffled organza trims the neckline, creating an oversized ruffle that continues over one shoulder coverin...
Valentino vintage ivory ruffle beaded silk bridal wedding slip maxi dress gown
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
LOVE LALI VINTAGE Beautiful vintage long dress by Valentino in ivory that would work superbly as a wedding dress.
Valentino wedding ivory strapless fitted bodice bow back silk train gown dress S
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
LOVE LALI Vintage A beautifully minimalist wedding gown by Valentino, simple and elegant. Ivory strapless dress in silk that has slight stretch Hugs the body and hips and then flare...
Valentino 1996 Haute Couture Wedding Gown - 1st Payment for Mere
By Valentino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valentino Haute Couture wedding gown. Angie Everhart had been a Valentino model in the early 1990s and she commissioned him to create this $70,000.00 spectacular gown for her marria...
Valentino 1996 Haute Couture Wedding Gown - 2nd Payment for Mere
By Valentino
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valentino Haute Couture wedding gown. Angie Everhart had been a Valentino model in the early 1990s and she commissioned him to create this $70,000.00 spectacular gown for her marria...
2004 Runway Valentino Cream and White Embellished Dress
By Valentino
Located in London, GB
This gown would make a truly memorable wedding dress and is in very good to excellent vintage condition.
Valentino 03 vintage white ivory silk layered ruffle wedding maxi dress gown
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Valentino Fall 2003 Look 63 full length gown - this would make the most beautiful wedding dress or could quite easily be worn in an evening as as summer dress The dress is a creamish...
VALENTINO 00's Vintage Khaki Color Embellished Gown Maxi Bridal Wedding Dress
By Valentino
Located in Leonardo, NJ
Valentino 2000's Vintage Khaki color Beautifully done, bead, sequin, pleating, everything work Invisible side zip Adjustable tie (can also be tied on the side, front, whatever) Great...
Valentino vintage 1980's strapless beaded floral silk train wedding gown dress
By Valentino
Located in Milano, Lombardia
This is an absolutely exquisite vintage wedding dress from Valentino circa 1980. Please do keep in mind that this dress was too large for the model and she was too tall for it, on so...
1990s Valentino White Wedding Dress
By Valentino
Located in Lugo (RA), IT
Adorable Valentino wedding dress with a beautiful embroidered sequined chest and frilly skirt and short sleeves with ruches from the 1990s.
Valentino Ivory Silk Wedding Vintage Dress, 2000s
By Valentino Garavani
Located in Lugo (RA), IT
Valentino elegant lightly flared wedding dresses in ivory white blend silk.
2007 Valentino Documented Runway Ivory Sheer-Illusion Silk & Tulle Pleated Gown
By Valentino
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
An absolutely stunning Valentino ivory silk and sheer illusion net-tulle beaded crystal gown dating back to his 2007 spring-summer collection. For over forty years, Valentino has bee...
Valentino Wedding Floral Silk Dress Vintage Red Black, 1990s
By Valentino
Located in Brindisi, Bt
Valentino vintage dress, red, 100% silk. Dress with black flower pattern, waist belt, short sleeve, the skirt is lined. Made in Italy. Excellent vintage conditions. Size: 42 It 8 Us ...
Valentino Custom Made Silk Halter Embroidered Wedding / Evening Dress
By Valentino
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Exquisite custom made evening / wedding dress with Indian style embroidery in gold and silver thread on ivory silk crepe, trimmed in satin. This is so beautiful, with a train . Cou...
Valentino 90s ivory tweed skirt suit
By Valentino
Located in Lugo (RA), IT
Valentino ivory wool tweed suit with front buttoned short jacket with scalloped edges and large peter pan collar. Mini skirt with scalloped edges and front buttoned fastening. Lined....
Valentino Vintage Lace Wedding or Evening Dress with Train
By Valentino
Located in Cloverdale, CA
Valentino Vintage Lace Wedding or Evening Dress with Train.
Gianni Versace Red Leather Motorcycle Jacket and Skirt A/W 1994
By Gianni Versace
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous and rare red patent leather motorcycle jacket with matching skirt from Gianni Versace. It has all of Versace's amazing attention to detail including Medusa head pulls on t...
Georgio Armani Multi-Layered Black Polka Dot Silk Chiffon & Train Cocktail Gown
By Giorgio Armani
Located in New York, NY
Georgio Armani wonderfully elegant black with micro polka dots multi-layer silk chiffon cocktail gown has three layers of silk chiffon finished with hand-rolled and hand-sewn ...
$195Sale Price|29% Off
Size: 36 1/2
Manolo Blahnik Lisa with Flower Black Suede High Heel Pumps 36 1/2M
By Manolo Blahnik
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Manolo Blahnik Lisa with Flower black suede high heel pumps 36 1/2, with box and protector bag. 3 1/2 inch heels. In excellent pre worn condition.
GUCCI Blue Red Calfskin Leather Web Crystal Embellished Sandals Slides
By Alessandro Michele, Gucci
Located in Thiensville, WI
GUCCI Blue Red Calfskin Leather Web Crystal Embellished Sandals Slides Brand / Manufacturer: Gucci Style: Slides Color(s): Black, blue and red Unmarked Materials (feel of): Leath...
Christian Dior By John Galliano S/S 1998 In A Boudoir Mood White Pearl Gown
By John Galliano for Christian Dior, Christian Dior
Located in Jersey City, NJ
A true collector’s piece from John Galliano’s most theatrical and romantic era at Dior. This gown comes from the iconic Spring/Summer 1998 collection, “In a Boudoir Mood,” where ling...
1950s Amazing Vintage Silk Chiffon Full Circle Cocktail Dress
Located in Sparks, NV
Stunning vintage cocktail dress with a full swinging delicate silk chiffon skirt and draped bustline. Gorgeous quality and construction with what seems like miles of silk fabric. ...
$13,000
Size: Fits Small + Medium
LES HABITUDES 90's Vintage Couture Hand Beaded Bridal Gown w. Gloves + Shawl
By Eavis & Brown
Located in Leonardo, NJ
Les Habitudes / Eavis & Brown Couture created, entirely hand-made in a London atelier Wedding gown in an art deco print with matching gloves and shawl Vintage 1990's 100% ivory s...
$19,920
H 9.5 in W 12.25 in L 4.25 in
Chanel 2005 Vintage Classic Flap Limited Edition PNY Jumbo Expandable Bag
By Chanel
Located in Miami, FL
Chanel Paris New York PNY Jumbo Expandable Maxi Calfskin Flap Bag 2005 {VINTAGE 19 Years} Ruthenium hardware Diamond stitch calfskin aged leather Flap with CC turn lock Interior z...
1960's Jean Patou Bordeau Suede Coat Full Mink Lining
By Jean Patou
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Unusual Jean Patou bordeau suede whip stitched swing coat lined in honey colored mink from the 1960s. So cozy and stylish, this swing coat is perfect over anything to keep you warm i...
1920s Yellow Floral Print Day Dress
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
1920s Silk Dress in orange, purple black eye susan sun flower print. Some flaws inside lining ( collar) see image attached Bust: 36 inches/ Waist: 32 inches/ Hip : 36 inches/ Dress l...
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent " Rive Gauche " Polka Dot Red & White Corset Bustier
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Sexy vintage YSL Rive Gauche red & white polka dot bustier/corset top.built in waistband support. Fully lined, and easily transitions from day to night. In great condition. Never wo...
Atelier Versace Black Satin Sling Backs, Never Worn Size 7
By Atelier Versace
Located in Buchanan, MI
Atelier Versace Black Satin Sling Backs, Never Worn Size 7
Yves Saint Laurent New Suede Gauntlet Gloves
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Geneva, CH
Beautiful never worn 80’s YSL fuchsia gloves trimmed in matching leather diagonal stitching. Both gloves was linked by the original sealing thread. "Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche" g...
Unworn 1960s Charles Cooper Vintage 100% Cashmere Houndstooth Mod Shift Dress
By Charles Cooper
Located in Sparks, NV
Unworn with the original tag still attached to the sleeve! Vintage 1960s shift dress by Charles Cooper in super soft beige and off white cashmere. Fully lined with rear zip closure. ...
$200Sale Price|24% Off
Size: 36
Giorgio Armani Black Satin D'orsay High Heel Pump Passementerie Detail 36
By Giorgio Armani
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Giorgio Armani black saitn d'orsay high heel pumps with passementerie detail at heel back, 36 M. 3 1/2 inch heels. These beautiful shoes have a narrow braid band trim at the front a...
1920'S Yellow & Black Silk Chiffon Slip Dress Meant To Be Worn Under An Evening
Located in New York, NY
1920'S Yellow & Black Silk Chiffon Slip Dress Meant To Be Worn Under An Evening Top
The mononymously known Italian designer Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani (b. 1932) is renowned for his fashion house of romantic styles and feminine shapes that he founded in Rome in 1960. Valentino dresses, skirts and other apparel captured the hearts of many of Italy’s wealthiest ladies in the couturier’s early days and led to commissions from Babe Paley, Gloria Guinness, Jayne Wrightsman and others on the international best-dressed list (when it still meant something). They sought out Valentino for gorgeous gowns, jackets, elegant daytime wear and even when they needed wedding dresses.
An early fascination with fashion developed when Valentino attended the theater as a child and was dazzled by the evening gowns on stage. While a teenager in Voghera, Lombardy, he studied under Italian designer Ernestina Salvadeo and soon moved to Paris, where he trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Valentino spent time apprenticing under haute couturiers Jean Dessès and Guy Laroche, learning how to design and construct high fashion while also thinking about how to strike out on his own.
In 1959, Valentino returned to Italy, and a year later, he opened his own salon, soon joining with longtime professional and personal partner Giancarlo Giammetti. It was located on Rome’s trendy Via Condotti and modeled after the French maisons. One of his earliest clients was Elizabeth Taylor, who discovered Valentino while she was in Rome filming Cleopatra and ordered the white dress that she wore to the premiere of Spartacus.
When the designer launched his first couture line in 1962 with its fiery red colors, it was internationally celebrated, with Valentino soon attiring fashion trendsetters including Princess Margaret and Audrey Hepburn. He formed an especially close friendship with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, for whom he designed numerous dresses. Luxurious drapery with fine needlework, bold uses of color and dramatic flourishes would define Valentino fashion across the decades.
As a fashion house, Valentino is best known for its signature Valentino Red color, though one of its iconic lines is the monochromatic “no colour” collection for which the designer won the Neiman Marcus Award in 1967. (The collection also debuted his trademark “V.”) The white dresses and beige dresses led to a demand for Valentino wedding gowns, with clients including Elizabeth Taylor, Jennifer Lopez and Anne Hathaway.
Valentino retired from his fashion empire in 2007, with Alessandra Facchinetti and then the duo Maria Grazia Chiuri (who departed in 2016) and Pierpaolo Piccioli succeeding him as creative directors. But Valentino still steps out of retirement for special occasions, such as designing a wedding gown for Princess Madeleine of Sweden in 2013.
Today, the brand offers a range of collections that include the Valentino Garavani line and REDValentino, a diffusion line that is aimed at a younger audience. The house has expanded far beyond women’s haute couture and prêt-à-porter to encompass various lines of accessories, including shoes, sunglasses, scarves and perfume.
Find vintage Valentino evening dresses, handbags and other items on 1stDibs now.
With entire museum exhibitions dedicated to examining fashion designers and their creations, we’re 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 — guidance included long skirts and fitted bodices. Forward-thinking designers have responded to this history.
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel reimagined traditionally masculine garments for feminine shapes, and her elegant evening dresses and gowns promoted comfort and grace in women’s wear that had been dominated in the previous century by layers of fabric. Christian Dior's gowns celebrated luxury and femininity in the late 1940s — and gave to women the gift of glamour they’d 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 — featured in houses like Givenchy and Dior — 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 sleeveless Dior newspaper dress that Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw made famous, Galliano’s intricate and multifaceted work is reliably collectible and newsworthy
Today’s designers target an increasingly broad audience with their boundary-crossing work, and their tendency to play off of each other’s 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.