Versace 2021/22 Women's Black Viscose Dress with Silk Straps & Slit
By Versace
Located in Gazzaniga (BG), IT
Super dress by Versace F/W collection 2021/22 Black color Viscose (97%) Elastan (3%) Silk straps
Versace 2021/22 Women's Black Viscose Dress with Silk Straps & Slit
By Versace
Located in Gazzaniga (BG), IT
Super dress by Versace F/W collection 2021/22 Black color Viscose (97%) Elastan (3%) Silk straps
VERSACE 2021 Runway pink scaled crystal encrusted strapless dress IT40 S
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway pink scaled crystal encrusted strapless dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01806
Versace Fall 2021 Starfish Print Sleeveless Midi Dress Yellow IT 42
By Versace
Located in PUTNEY, NSW
Sleeveless garment-pleated satin mid-length dress in yellow featuring graphic pattern printed in
Versace S/S 2021/22 Re-edition of S/S 1994 Safety Pin Dress
By Versace
Located in London, GB
We are excited to present this 2021/22 Versace Spring Summer re-edition black safety pin dress
$360Sale Price|40% Off
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT38 XS
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/C01171
$2,772Sale Price|30% Off
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer white starfish corset flounce dress IT40 L
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer white starfish corset flounce dress IT40 L Reference: TGAS
S/S 2021 L# 24 VERSACE TRESOR DE LA MER BLUE STARFISH FRILL PLISSE Dress IT 42
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection Spring/Summer 2021 look # 24 Blue plisse dress Gold-tone hardware with
Versace S/S 2021 Runway Trésor De La Mer Crystal Embellished Bustier Mini Dress
By Versace
Located in Naples, FL
Versace S/S 2021 Runway Trésor De La Mer Crystal Embellished Bustier Mini Dress Size IT 38
Versace S/S 2021/22 Re-edition of S/S 1994 Safety Pin Dress
By Versace
Located in London, GB
2021/22 Versace Spring Summer re-edition black safety pin dress. Features short sleeves with
new VERSACE 2021 Runway pink scaled crystal encrusted strapless dress IT40 S
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway pink scaled crystal encrusted strapless dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01806
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01174 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/D00274 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT38 XS
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/C01171
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01174 Brand
new VERSACE 2021 black Medusa buckle strap cold shoulder mini dress IT44 L
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 black Medusa buckle strap cold shoulder mini dress IT44 L Reference: TGAS/C01787
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01769 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer blue print starfish belt dress IT42 M
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer blue print starfish belt dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/C00898 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS Reference: TGAS/D00271
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01173 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT40 S
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/D00275 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/D00274 Brand
new VERSACE 2021 black Medusa buckle strap cold shoulder mini dress IT42 M
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 black Medusa buckle strap cold shoulder mini dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/C01788
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT38 XS
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT38 XS Brand: Versace Designer
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer blue print starfish belt dress IT42 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer blue print starfish belt dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/C00898
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer Medusa bustier harness sheath dress IT40 S
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer Medusa bustier harness sheath dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer Medusa bustier harness sheath dress IT42 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer Medusa bustier harness sheath dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT38 XS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/C01847
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT44 L
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT44 L Reference: TGAS/C01849
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT40 S
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01848
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer green blue starfish print casual dress IT44 L
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer green blue starfish print casual dress IT44 L Reference: TGAS/D00316
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer gold Medusa bustier harness dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/C01769
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS Reference: TGAS/D00278
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS Reference: TGAS/D00271
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT38 XS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/D00279
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT40 S
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/D00275
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/D00273
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT42 M
By Versace, Donatella Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/D00277
new VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT40 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT40 M Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT44 L
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT44 L Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer green blue starfish print casual dress IT44 L
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer green blue starfish print casual dress IT44 L Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer green blue starfish print casual dress IT44 L
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Tresor De La Mer green blue starfish print casual dress IT44 L Reference: TGAS
VERSACE 2021 Tresor de la Mer Runway black layered bra U neck dress IT38 XS
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Tresor de la Mer Runway black orange layered bra U neck dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT40 S
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS/D00276 Brand
VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/C00952
2021 Versace Runway Embellished crepe Bustier Black White mini dress IT 38
By Versace
Located in PUTNEY, NSW
Dress Crepe Embellished Contrasting trims Plissé trims Fully lined Fluted hem Concealed hook and
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT36 XXS Reference: TGAS/D00271
VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/C00953
VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/C00953
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT42 M
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer pink Medusa flared dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS/D00280
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer green Medusa flared dress IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/D00272
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT42 M
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT42 M Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT40 S
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT40 S
By Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway Tresor De La Mer blue starfish frill plisse dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT40 S
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Runway green Tresor De La Mer starfish plisse slip dress IT40 S Reference: TGAS
new VERSACE 2021 Medusa safety pin crystal charm satin midi gown IT38 XS
By Donatella Versace, Versace
Located in Hong Kong, NT
new VERSACE 2021 Medusa safety pin crystal charm satin midi gown IT38 XS Reference: TGAS/C01799
S/S 2021 New VERSACE GREEN SEASHELL MINI DRESS 38 - 2
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection 2021 Green silk mini dress Gold-tone hardware on straps The necklace and
S/S 2021 L# 60 VERSACE TRESOR De La Mer WHITE MEDUSA RUFFLE DRESS IT 38
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection Spring/Summer 2021 Look # 60 Closure: Zip Made in: Italy IT Size 38
S/S 2021 L# 70 New VERSACE TRESOR De La Mer MEDUSA RUFFLE DRESS 42 - 6
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection 2021 Look # 70 Black wool crepe upper. White padded pleated satin bustier bra
S/S 2021 L# 24 VERSACE TRESOR DE LA MER BLUE STARFISH FRILL PLISSE Dress IT 42
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection Spring/Summer 2021 look # 24 Blue plisse dress Gold-tone hardware with
S/S 2021 L# 24 VERSACE TRESOR DE LA MER BLUE STARFISH FRILL PLISSE Dress IT 40
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection Spring/Summer 2021 look # 24 Blue plisse dress Gold-tone hardware with
S/S 2021 L# 24 VERSACE TRESOR DE LA MER BLUE STARFISH FRILL PLISSE Dress IT 40
By Versace
Located in Montgomery, TX
VERSACE Collection Spring/Summer 2021 look # 24 Blue plisse dress Gold-tone hardware with
Vintage Tom Ford for Gucci 2004 Collection Embellished Dove Grey Dress It. 38
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Montgomery, TX
Super Rare Tom Ford for Gucci Incredible Cocktail Dress A Longer Version of This Dress was Exclusively Made for Nicole Kidman which She Wore to Venice Festival. 2004 Collection Itali...
Dolce & Gabbana Vintage 1990's Sheer Open Knit Crochet Fishnet Black Maxi Dress
Located in Naples, FL
Dolce & Gabbana Vintage 1990's Sheer Open Knit Crochet Fishnet Black Maxi Dress M/L Dolce & Gabbana vintage dress featuring V-neck, button closures at center front neckline and open...
Stunning Snakeskin Patchwork Coat with Sheared Mink Lining and Black Fox Trim
Located in Tustin, CA
The patchwork aesthetic is this fall and winter’s most sought after look, which was proven on the runways during fashion month. Designers created plenty of patchwork pieces for their...
Vintage F/W 2004 Look #27 Tom Ford for Gucci Silk Dress Italian 42
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Montgomery, TX
GUCCI SILK DRESS Designed by Tom Ford for his final GUCCI F/W 2004 ready-to-wear collection. Look #27 A rare and iconic piece from Tom Ford’s final collection for Gucci, this vibra...
Revillon Sable Fur Coat for Saks Fifth Avenue
By Revillon Frères
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an absolutely sumptuous natural brown Sable fur coat, by Revillon for Saks Fifth Avenue. This coat has a large notched collar, two front slit pockets, an open front and is ...
Dolce & Gabbana Lace up Silk Dress
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in Water Mill, NY
A beautiful silk dress in a pink and green geometric print from Dolce & Gabbana. The bodice is vertically boned, fitted through to the hips and has an attached matching pink adjusta...
$549Sale Price|51% Off
Two piece Wool Tweed Suit with Black Fox Fur Collar
Located in Amsterdam, NL
We offer more exclusive vintage items, view our frontstore. Details: 2-piece suit with a skirt and a jacket. Made from wool/tweed The black fox fur collar is non- detachable. Size f...
VERSACE S/S 2015 Black Bondage Gold Lion Button Overall Princess Line Dress
By Versace
Located in Thiensville, WI
VERSACE S/S 2015 Black Bondage (back) Gold Lion Button Overall Princess Line Dress Brand / Manufacturer: Versus Versace Collection: S/S 2015 Style: “Overall” Dress Color(s): Shade...
Gucci by Tom Ford Black Knit fitted Spaghetti Strap Dress
By Tom Ford for Gucci, Gucci
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
2000s Gucci Black Knit fitted dress with thin strap. Size 0/2 ***small flaws ( see last pic attached)
Rare Natural Silver Raccoon Hooded Fur Coat
Located in Amsterdam, NL
This vintage coat is made of very high quality silver raccoon fur is 3/4 lenght with an attached hood, rare to find. We offer more exclusive fur items, view our frontstore Details:...
$1,499Sale Price|50% Off
Size: 38
UNWORN Dolce & Gabbana Bodycon Corset Lace Dress Special Edition Collection 38
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in Switzerland, CH
Amazing Dolce & Gabbana Bodycon Corset Dress. For a sensational silhouette Black stretch fabric, satin and lace details Straps are adjustable Hook-fastening details in front A ti...
Alexander McQueen New S/S 2002 Three Piece Skirt Suit with Intricate Embroidery
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Water Mill, NY
A fabulous silk/linen black skirt suit from Alexander McQueen including an additional matching white skirt. The jacket has peak lapels, a breast pocket, small shoulder padding, side...
NWT Vintage Bob Mackie Size 8 Black and White Color Block Sleeveless Gown Dress
By Bob Mackie
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful and flattering brand new with original store tags vintage BOB MACKIE black and white color block Size 8 evening gown! Features blak crepe at bust, white crepe at waist, and...
EPIC John Galliano Evening Gown Black Silk Dress FW 08/09
By John Galliano
Located in Berlin, BE
This black silk evening gown by John Galliano, from his Fall/Winter 08/09 Collection is one of those moments: a love letter to the art of couture at its most theatrical and refined. ...
Dolce & Gabbana Black & Cream Lingerie Inspired Evening Gown Spring 2006 Sz 40IT
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in Saint Petersburg, FL
Dolce & Gabbana Black & Cream Lingerie Inspired Evening Gown. Spring/Summer 2006 Size 40IT
$924Sale Price|30% Off
DONNA KARAN red halter plunge tucked draped evening gown dress L
By Donna Karan
Located in Hong Kong, NT
DONNA KARAN red halter plunge tucked draped evening gown dress L Reference: JHDN/A00050 Brand: Donna Karan Material: Viscose, Blend Color: Red Pattern: Solid Closure: Slip On Lining:...
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.
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.