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Versace Chain Dress

Gianni Versace New Leather Dress with Chain Trim 1990s
Gianni Versace New Leather Dress with Chain Trim 1990s

Gianni Versace New Leather Dress with Chain Trim 1990s

By Gianni Versace

Located in Water Mill, NY

A fabulous soft supple black leather dress from Gianni Versace. It is semi fitted with an

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1990s Italian Day Dresses

Butter soft leather 1990's Donatella Versace Chain strap Black slip dress - LBD
Butter soft leather 1990's Donatella Versace Chain strap Black slip dress - LBD

Butter soft leather 1990's Donatella Versace Chain strap Black slip dress - LBD

By Versace, Donatella Versace

Located in Sheffield, GB

This fabulous sexy LBD by Donatella for VERSACE is crafted from a butter-soft full leather exterior

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1990s Italian Mini Dress

Versace black ruched evening dress with chain shoulder straps, fw 2007
Versace black ruched evening dress with chain shoulder straps, fw 2007

Versace black ruched evening dress with chain shoulder straps, fw 2007

By Versace

Located in London, GB

▪ Versace black evening dress ▪ Glossy black acrylic chain shoulder straps ▪ Ruched bodice ▪

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Early 2000s Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns

1999 Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Chain Bodycon Stretch Knit Dress
1999 Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Chain Bodycon Stretch Knit Dress

1999 Gianni Versace by Donatella Black Chain Bodycon Stretch Knit Dress

By Donatella Versace for Gianni Versace, Gianni Versace Couture

Located in West Hollywood, CA

Presenting a black knit Gianni Versace slip dress designed by Donatella Versace. From 1999, this

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1990s Italian Cocktail Dresses

Versace Medusa Embellished Black Mini Dress
Versace Medusa Embellished Black Mini Dress

Versace Medusa Embellished Black Mini Dress

By Versace

Located in Naples, FL

Versace Medusa and Chain Embellished Dress IT 40 BVersace mini dress featuring medusa logo brooch

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2010s Evening Dresses and Gowns

F/W 2012 Look #21 Versace Yellow Dress with Metal Chain Mesh Size 38 - 2
F/W 2012 Look #21 Versace Yellow Dress with Metal Chain Mesh Size 38 - 2

F/W 2012 Look #21 Versace Yellow Dress with Metal Chain Mesh Size 38 - 2

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE Fall 2012 look # 21 This wool blend shift dress features a crew neck, short sleevesand

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cocktail Dresses

Rare 2013 Versace Atelier Gold Metal Fringe Tie Dyed Gabardine Dress
Rare 2013 Versace Atelier Gold Metal Fringe Tie Dyed Gabardine Dress

Rare 2013 Versace Atelier Gold Metal Fringe Tie Dyed Gabardine Dress

By Atelier Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

Atelier Versace Gold Chain Fringe Dress — Haute Couture 2013 As seen on Jennifer Lopez and Celine

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cocktail Dresses

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New VERSACE WHITE MEDUSA CHAIN DRESS 42 - 6
New VERSACE WHITE MEDUSA CHAIN DRESS 42 - 6

New VERSACE WHITE MEDUSA CHAIN DRESS 42 - 6

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE This VERSACE dress draws a stunning figure, designed to skim the body and it features the

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2010s Italian Cocktail Dresses

Versace Deep Taupe Wool & Silk Fishbone Chain Detail Dress S
Versace Deep Taupe Wool & Silk Fishbone Chain Detail Dress S

Versace Deep Taupe Wool & Silk Fishbone Chain Detail Dress S

By Versace

Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2

Experience the joy of expert tailoring with this designer dress for women. Meticulously made, it

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21st Century and Contemporary Day Dresses

Versace Black Sleeveless Metal Chain Mesh Dress
Versace Black Sleeveless Metal Chain Mesh Dress

Versace Black Sleeveless Metal Chain Mesh Dress

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE This sleeveless chain mesh shift dress features a crew neck, and chain mesh paneling

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cocktail Dresses

F/W 2005 Look # 45 NEW VERSACE CHAIN EMBELLISHED LONG LAME DRESS 40 - 4
F/W 2005 Look # 45 NEW VERSACE CHAIN EMBELLISHED LONG LAME DRESS 40 - 4

F/W 2005 Look # 45 NEW VERSACE CHAIN EMBELLISHED LONG LAME DRESS 40 - 4

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE Collection Fall/Winter 2005 Look # 45 Sophisticated color, artfully embellished body

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Gowns

F/W 2012 look # 26 NEW VERSACE ORANGE CHAIN MESH PANEL DRESS 38 - 2
F/W 2012 look # 26 NEW VERSACE ORANGE CHAIN MESH PANEL DRESS 38 - 2

F/W 2012 look # 26 NEW VERSACE ORANGE CHAIN MESH PANEL DRESS 38 - 2

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE Actual runway sample Fall/winter 2012 look # 26 This chain mesh dress features a crew

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cocktail Dresses

F/2012 look # 21 NEW VERSACE YELLOW DRESS with METAL CHAIN MESH 38 - 2
F/2012 look # 21 NEW VERSACE YELLOW DRESS with METAL CHAIN MESH 38 - 2

F/2012 look # 21 NEW VERSACE YELLOW DRESS with METAL CHAIN MESH 38 - 2

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE Fall 2012 look # 21 This wool blend shift dress features a crew neck, short sleevesand

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Cocktail Dresses

Versace Black Medusa Chain Ruched Mini Dress Size S
Versace Black Medusa Chain Ruched Mini Dress Size S

Versace Black Medusa Chain Ruched Mini Dress Size S

By Versace

Located in London, GB

CONDITION is Very good. Hardly any visible wear to dress is evident on this used Versace designer

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21st Century and Contemporary British Day Dresses

Amazing Black Versace Tulle Medusa Chain Cutout Bodycon Dress
Amazing Black Versace Tulle Medusa Chain Cutout Bodycon Dress

Amazing Black Versace Tulle Medusa Chain Cutout Bodycon Dress

By Versace

Located in Switzerland, CH

A true head-turner Black tulle dress by VERSACE Cut out details in front VERSACE signature Medusa

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2010s Italian Evening Dresses

Versace Vintage 1990's Silver Metallic Chain Gown
Versace Vintage 1990's Silver Metallic Chain Gown

Versace Vintage 1990's Silver Metallic Chain Gown

By Versace

Located in London, GB

We are excited to present this vintage Versace 1990's Silver Metallic Chain Gown. Features silver

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1990s Italian Evening Dresses

Extravagant Versace Metallic Chain Evening Dress (Autumn/Winter 2007)
Extravagant Versace Metallic Chain Evening Dress (Autumn/Winter 2007)

Extravagant Versace Metallic Chain Evening Dress (Autumn/Winter 2007)

By Versace

Located in London, GB

A beautiful Versace chain dress from the Autumn/Winter 2007. The dress is in a taupe metallic

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns

1990s Gianni Versace Metal Mesh Chain Mail Dress
1990s Gianni Versace Metal Mesh Chain Mail Dress

1990s Gianni Versace Metal Mesh Chain Mail Dress

By Gianni Versace, Gianni Versace Couture

Located in Water Mill, NY

Gianni Versace was a master at combining textures, colors and shapes and this dress gorgeously

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1990s Italian Mini Dress

ISTANTE VERSACE Vintage flipped hem crystal chain halter mini dress IT38 XS
ISTANTE VERSACE Vintage flipped hem crystal chain halter mini dress IT38 XS

ISTANTE VERSACE Vintage flipped hem crystal chain halter mini dress IT38 XS

By Istante by Versace, Gianni Versace

Located in Hong Kong, NT

ISTANTE VERSACE Vintage cream flipped hem crystal chain halter mini dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Casual Dresses

Y2k Donatella Versace One Sleeve / Shoulder 2000's Black Chain Dress
Y2k Donatella Versace One Sleeve / Shoulder 2000's Black Chain Dress

Y2k Donatella Versace One Sleeve / Shoulder 2000's Black Chain Dress

By Versace, Donatella Versace

Located in Sheffield, GB

A Fabulous Donatella Versace One Sleeved 2000's Black Dress with Chrome Chain detail on the

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Early 2000s Italian Aesthetic Evening Dresses

1990s Versace Dress with Cutout Draped Back and Chain
1990s Versace Dress with Cutout Draped Back and Chain

1990s Versace Dress with Cutout Draped Back and Chain

Located in Water Mill, NY

Fabulous knit dress from Gianni Versace. Simple and fitted from the front but cutout down there and

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1990s Italian Day Dresses

runway VERSACE SS14 black silk silver Medusa chain harness cut out gown IT38 XS
runway VERSACE SS14 black silk silver Medusa chain harness cut out gown IT38 XS

runway VERSACE SS14 black silk silver Medusa chain harness cut out gown IT38 XS

By Donatella Versace for Gianni Versace, Versace

Located in Hong Kong, NT

VERSACE FROM THE SPRING SUMMER 2014 RUNWAY FINAL LOOK Silk, polyester, polyamide, elastane. Black

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Ball Gowns

Versace Black Dress with Chain Strap
Versace Black Dress with Chain Strap

Versace Black Dress with Chain Strap

By Versace

Located in San Francisco, CA

shaping. Gold chains connect to the dress with gold links stamped with "Versace". Two layers of black

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Cocktail Dresses

NEW VERSACE BLUE MEDUSA CHAIN Dress 38 - 4
NEW VERSACE BLUE MEDUSA CHAIN Dress 38 - 4

NEW VERSACE BLUE MEDUSA CHAIN Dress 38 - 4

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE This VERSACE dress draws a stunning figure, designed to skim the body and it

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2010s Italian Evening Dresses and Gowns

VERSUS VERSACE BLACK MINI DRESS with CHAIN 42 - 6
VERSUS VERSACE BLACK MINI DRESS with CHAIN 42 - 6

VERSUS VERSACE BLACK MINI DRESS with CHAIN 42 - 6

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE VERSUS This dress has accented with a decorative gold- tone chain Content: 97

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2010s Evening Dresses and Gowns

Versace Black Silk Gown Slip Dress with Chain Details 38
Versace Black Silk Gown Slip Dress with Chain Details 38

Versace Black Silk Gown Slip Dress with Chain Details 38

By Versace

Located in London, GB

Versace Black Silk Gown Slip Dress with Chain Details - Slip gown silk dress - Embellished with

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21st Century and Contemporary Evening Dresses and Gowns

New VERSACE BLACK CHIFFON SILK DRESS GOWN with LACE and CHAINS
New VERSACE BLACK CHIFFON SILK DRESS GOWN with LACE and CHAINS

New VERSACE BLACK CHIFFON SILK DRESS GOWN with LACE and CHAINS

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE GOWN Designed to be beautiful, bold and breathtaking, Versace's designs are truly original

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Gowns

Versace Black Medusa Chain Finale Gown
Versace Black Medusa Chain Finale Gown

Versace Black Medusa Chain Finale Gown

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

Versace Black Medusa Chain Finale Gown IT Size 38 New, with tags

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Gowns

Versus Versace Vintage Purple Chain Detail Leather Dress M
Versus Versace Vintage Purple Chain Detail Leather Dress M

Versus Versace Vintage Purple Chain Detail Leather Dress M

Located in Dubai, Al Qouz 2

Versus Versace brings you this fabulous dress that is cut from leather and enriched with a gorgeous

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2010s Italian Casual Dresses

Versace Lace Trim Chain Mail Metal Mesh Mini Dress
Versace Lace Trim Chain Mail Metal Mesh Mini Dress

Versace Lace Trim Chain Mail Metal Mesh Mini Dress

By Versace

Located in Cloverdale, CA

Versace Lace Trim Chain Mail Metal Mesh Mini Dress. Created of metal mesh in a wonderful shade of

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1990s Italian Mini Dress

Versace Ruched Lilac Dress with Medusa chain necklace
Versace Ruched Lilac Dress with Medusa chain necklace

Versace Ruched Lilac Dress with Medusa chain necklace

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

BRAND NEW VERSACE DRESS The dress crafted from allover ruched chiffon. Silvertone Versace Medusa

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2010s Italian Cocktail Dresses

New VERSACE Lilac Chiffon Long Dress with Medusa Chains 38
New VERSACE Lilac Chiffon Long Dress with Medusa Chains 38

New VERSACE Lilac Chiffon Long Dress with Medusa Chains 38

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

chains Inner nude bodysuit Content: 1st Fabric: 88% silk, 12% polyester 2nd Fabric: 94% nylon, 6

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Gowns

Versace Sexy Green Mini Dress with Metal Chain Straps Spring 2007
Versace Sexy Green Mini Dress with Metal Chain Straps Spring 2007

Versace Sexy Green Mini Dress with Metal Chain Straps Spring 2007

By Versace

Located in Cloverdale, CA

Super sexy green dress with chain straps from Versace. Created in rayon jersey, there is a lot of

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Late 20th Century Italian Evening Dresses

F/W 2005 Look # 45 NEW VERSACE CHAIN EMBELLISHED LONG LAME DRESS 40 - 4
F/W 2005 Look # 45 NEW VERSACE CHAIN EMBELLISHED LONG LAME DRESS 40 - 4

F/W 2005 Look # 45 NEW VERSACE CHAIN EMBELLISHED LONG LAME DRESS 40 - 4

By Versace

Located in Montgomery, TX

VERSACE Collection Fall/Winter 2005 Look # 45 Sophisticated color, artfully embellished body

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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Evening Gowns

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By Gianni Versace, Atelier Versace

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Versace Chain Dress For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the vintage or contemporary versace chain dress you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. Our collection includes a variety of colors, spanning Black, Gray, Brown and more. You’re likely to find the perfect versace chain dress among the distinctive accessories we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those produced as recently as the 21st Century. An accessory like this designed by Versace, Gianni Versace and Donatella Versace — each of whom created a beautiful version of this treasured item — is worth considering. There aren’t many items for men if you’re seeking these accessories, as most of the options available are for women and unisex.

How Much is a Versace Chain Dress?

On average, a versace chain dress on 1stDibs sells for $3,750, while they’re typically $504 on the low end and $14,200 for the highest priced versions of this item.

Versace for sale on 1stDibs

Subversive, maximalist and unabashedly seductive, Gianni Versace’s (1946–97) designs infused high fashion with an entirely new ethos. “I don’t believe in good taste,” the legendary Italian couturier once explained. Instead, he had a sexy good time with fashion — as he did with life. Today, vintage Versace clothing, handbags and other accessories look astonishingly fresh and freshly relevant.

More than any designer before him, Versace mined celebrity, music and Pop art for inspiration. In fact, the New York Times noted in 1997 that the fashion industry “is now driven by contemporary culture because Mr. Versace made it that way.”

Insiders consider his 1991/1992 Autumn/Winter runway show — which featured supermodels Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista lip-synching George Michael’s “Freedom! '90” — the moment when the two worlds of fashion and pop culture became one, changing both forever.

Versace was born in Reggio di Calabria, Italy. His mother was a successful dressmaker who employed more than 40 seamstresses. As a child, little Gianni marveled at her workshop, which would become a university of sorts, where he learned the exceptional construction techniques that were at the foundation of his creative expression.

In 1972, at age 25, Versace moved to Milan to work in fashion. He launched his first collection — and his label — in 1978, with his older brother Santo managing the business concerns. Soon, sister Donatella, whom Gianni dressed and took to discos when she was still a child, joined the family venture, where she had a creative role and managed enormously popular ready-to-wear lines such as Versus.

Vintage Versace — and Gianni Versace Couture, which debuted in 1989 — has become catnip for modern fashion enthusiasts who seek out the now-iconic house codes that originated in the designs of the 1980s and 1990s. His glamorous and seductive apparel — the clingy skirts and slender, strappy party dresses, as well as the erotic magazine ads that publicized them — looms large, but Versace’s art and historical influences were also vast.

Versace was an art collector, and he took on commissions to create costumes for theatrical performances during the 1980s and spoke of looking to numerous cultures for inspiration. This adventurous spirit of design resulted in his creating jewel-toned prints rooted in Grecian motifs, Etruscan symbols, the Italian Baroque and Andy Warholʼs Marilyn Monroe. There were slinky dresses in Oroton, his patented chain-mail textile that draped like satin, and leather bondage ensembles. Sex sold, for both women and men. Wrote the late curator Richard Martin, “[Versace] became the standard-bearer of gay men’s fashion because he eschewed decorum and designed for desire.”

Following Versace’s tragic murder in 1997, Donatella took over the role of artistic director and continued to evolve the house codes with a twist of her feminine and feminist perspective. Today, Santo Versace is chief executive officer of Versace and Donatella is its chief creative officer.

Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Versace evening dresses, handbags, day dresses, accessories and more on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Evening-dresses for You

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.