ATELIER VERSACE Black Clear Criss Cross Medusa Peacock Feather Heels Size 40
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Thiensville, WI
Atelier Versace black clear criss cross strap peacock feather heels. Extremely rare. Clear criss
ATELIER VERSACE Black Clear Criss Cross Medusa Peacock Feather Heels Size 40
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Thiensville, WI
Atelier Versace black clear criss cross strap peacock feather heels. Extremely rare. Clear criss
S/S 2012 look #8 VERSACE WHITE MESH CLEAR PLEXIGLASS PLATFORM SANDAL 39-9, 40-10
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE PLATFORM SHOES Mesh and Lambskin upper Leather lining Back zip for ease of dress
New VERSACE CLEAR VINYL PVC CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED BLACK SANDALS SHOES
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE CLEAR VINYL CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED SANDALS PVC Crystals Mirrored metal toe Leather lining
New VERSACE CLEAR VINYL PVC CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED BLACK SANDALS SHOES Size 38 - 8
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE CLEAR VINYL CRYSTAL EMBELLISHED SANDALS PVC Crystals Mirrored metal toe Leather lining
Versace NEW Purple Patent PVC Clear Slides Mules Evening Sandals Heels in Box
By Versace
Located in Chicago, IL
Versace NEW Purple Patent PVC Clear Slides Mules Evening Sandals Heels in Box Size IT 36 Patent
Versace NEW Purple Patent PVC Clear Slides Mules Evening Sandals Heels in Box
By Versace
Located in Chicago, IL
Versace NEW Purple Patent PVC Clear Slides Mules Evening Sandals Heels in Box Size IT 36 Patent
Alexander McQueen Sculptural Metal Hill Shoes Size 40
By Alexander McQueen
Located in New York, NY
Alexander McQueen sculptural metal hill shoes New with minor flaws Size 40 IT Black Leather Sandals.Metal Trim Multi-strap & Peg-In-Hole Closure at Sides FINAL SALE
GIVENCHY Couture A/W 1999 ALEXANDER McQUEEN Black Gray Stripe Blazer Skirt Suit
By Givenchy, Alexander McQueen
Located in Thiensville, WI
GIVENCHY Couture A/W 1999 Alexander McQueen Black Gray Stripe Blazer Skirt Suit Brand / Manufacturer: Givenchy Couture Collection: A/W 1999 Designer: Alexander McQueen Style: Blaze...
Roberto Cavalli Runway Sequin Sun Evening Gown and Cape F/W 2004 Size 40IT
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Roberto Cavalli - Sequin runway evening gown with Swarovski crystal embellished sun cape. Neckline presents a sharp daring plunge to the navel. The back of the dress is held by jewe...
F/W 1997 Gucci by Tom Ford Runway G Buckle V-Neck Wrap Leather Belt Dress
By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a gorgeous black Gucci wrap dress designed by Tom Ford. From the Fall/Winter 1997 collection, this piece debuted on the season's runway. Kylie Minogue also wore it for an ...
y2k John Galliano for Christian Dior Dark Blue Denim Backless Tux waistcoat Top
By Christian Dior, John Galliano for Christian Dior
Located in Sheffield, GB
Early 2000's Dark Blue denim, backless waistcoat style Top by John Galliano for Christian Dior. Featuring a double breasted front with tuxedo style collar and deep, scooped adjustab...
S/S 1999 Gucci by Tom Ford Backless Black Silk Plunging Tie Ruffle Cocktail Dres
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
From the Gucci Spring/Summer 1999 collection, this chic Tom Ford-designed black cocktail dress is a warm-weather must-have. This backless halterneck dress features a thin spaghetti s...
Roberto Cavalli Astrological Print Silk Halter Dress with Chain Straps, FW 2003
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in London, GB
This Roberto Cavalli silk dress features a halter neckline with gold chain straps. The fabric showcases an ivory and black base with intricate astrological-themed prints, including c...
Roberto Cavalli Astrological Print Silk Halter Dress with Chain Straps, FW 2003
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in London, GB
This Roberto Cavalli silk dress features a halter neckline with gold chain straps. The fabric showcases a rich brown base with intricate astrological-themed prints, including constel...
1996 Gucci by Tom Ford Cargo Pocket Plunging Bodycon Gown
By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Tom Ford designed this chic and minimal navy collared maxi dress for Gucci in 1996. This fabulous full-length dress features long sleeves, an exaggerated fold-over collar, a deep v-n...
2000s Gucci by Tom Ford Sheer Stretch Viscose Sleeveless Cowl Black Dress
By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This fabulous black knit Gucci dress, designed by Tom Ford in the early 2000s, features a sleek sleeveless silhouette with a deep plunging cowl neckline and a high front slit. Simple...
THIERRY MUGLER c.1990's Vtg Black Fringe High Collar Structured Zip Up Jacket
By Mugler, Thierry Mugler
Located in Thiensville, WI
THIERRY MUGLER c.1990's Black Fringe High Collar Structured Zip Up Jacket VTG Brand / Manufacturer: Mugler Circa: 1990's Designer: Thierry Mugler Style: Zip Up Jacket Color(s): Blac...
Roberto Cavalli Long Sheer Slip Dress - '00s
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Discover the perfect evening dress. This Roberto Cavalli slip dress is crafted from a sheer black fabric with dainty lace details at the neckline and hem. A fitted silhouette and ple...
Roberto Cavalli S/S 2004 Runway Cutout High Slit Silk Slip Evening Dress Gown
By Roberto Cavalli
Located in Naples, FL
Roberto Cavalli S/S 2004 Runway Plunged Décolleté Cutout High Slit Silk Train Slip Evening Dress Gown Size XS Look 27 from the Spring 2004 Collection.
F/W 1997 Gucci by Tom Ford Metal Logo Buckle Brown Knit Wool Pullover Sweater
By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This beautiful brown wool Gucci sweater, designed by Tom Ford for the Fall/Winter 1997 collection, features a wide neckline and is adorned with gunmetal accents that secure the wide ...
NWT S/S 1998 Gucci by Tom Ford Prototype Black Wrap Stretch Wool Mini Skirt
By Gucci, Tom Ford for Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Tom Ford designed this black Gucci wrap-style mini skirt in 1998. Never worn with the original brand tags still attached, this mini skirt is the perfect versatile addition to any mod...
F/W 1998 Gucci by Tom Ford Dark Navy Blue Cashmere Semi-Sheer Tank Top
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This dark navy blue cashmere tank top by Gucci, designed by Tom Ford for the Fall/Winter 1998 collection, was modeled by Rhea Durham on the runway. It features a deep v-neckline neck...
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.
Whether they’re Hermès sandals, black Jimmy Choo boots, ivory-leather-and-pink-daisy heels by sublime shoemaker Manolo Blahnik or Christian Louboutin platform pumps, you can find your next pair of legendary luxury vintage and designer shoes today on 1stDibs.
Shoes offered by the likes of Versace, Chanel, Charles Jourdan or Prada are integral to completing your carefully orchestrated street-style or evening ensemble these days, but footwear wasn’t always the big deal it is for your average Adidas enthusiast.
The decorative floor-length gowns that upper-class women of the 18th century wore meant that their shoes, then likely featuring high curved heels finished with woven or embroidered silks — a sharp contrast to the heavy, rudimentary form of the era’s footwear for men — were partially or entirely obscured by the base of their ornate dresses. What good is fashion if it’s tucked away?
Our modern age’s legions of sneakerheads might have trouble tracking down a pair of black-and-gold vintage Jordans but can at least fill their dream closets with original Adidas Gazelles or 1980s New Balances if they put the time in, while 1990s-era Prada pumps or a good pair of mid-20th-century jewel-tone heels in satin or silk haven’t lost their allure with today’s nostalgic fashionistas.
A pair of shoes can commemorate an achievement, mark an important trip overseas and is sometimes a rich manifestation of a hard-won physical feat. On 1stDibs, find Chanel flats or two-tone heels, Christian Dior pumps, vintage Margiela Tabi boots and many more designer shoes today.