Karen Lucas Evening Dresses and Gowns

Very rare, moss-crepe maxi wrap dress with embroidered stars and moons from Ossie Clark for Radley dating to the 1970's. No size is indicated although this dress best fits a US 2-6. ...

MOSCHINO vintage black dress featuring a large cut-out red velvet heart shaped breast. This dress features : - Black wool blend fabric. -...

VALENTINO Night classic black and red cocktail dress. This dress features : - Black silk matte crepe upper bodice and sleeves. - Deep V collar. -...

THIERRY MUGLER vintage superb one shoulder black fringe dress. This dress features : - Bow detail and snap button closure on right shoulder. - Cut ...

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 editorial in the September issue of ID magazine, photographed by Mark Mattock. This well-documented dress...

Spring Summer 1997 rare velvet bias cut slip dress by Tom Ford for Gucci. Open back with metallic snake strings. Draped godet neckline. Faded flashes at front. Fully lined. Side zipp...

A fabulous black silk halter dress from Moschino Couture. It is a wrap style dress which ties at the waist and has a band of gold sequins around the neck through to the back forming ...

CHRISTIAN LACROIX vintage 1990s black lace maxi dress. This dress features : - A black lace sleeveless dress with removable black petticoat dress. - M...

A quintessential "LBD", this lovely 60's Scherrer haute couture dinner/cocktail dress is ideal to complete any modern wardrobe. Cut from black silk organza which is flocked with velv...

MOSCHINO vintage rare and iconic black cotton blend bustier dress embellished with bronze tone safety pins. Back zippered closure. Lining only all around the bust. Label reads MOSC...

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN - (Made in Italy) Black mid-length dress, collar embroidered with a golden thread pattern and pearls. Size 38FR indicated. 2011 Resort Collection, under the artisti...

This timeless quintessential corseted, shirred, ruched and topstitched "little black dress" produced by Victor Costa in the 1980s was made for the high standards of New York's trendsetting Bergdorf Goodman. It was the first U.S. luxury department store to order exclusive special-occasion dresses from this Texas designer and subsequently to give him a namesake in-store boutique. He soon became associated with the feminine glamorous gowns worn by "PYT" (Costa-speak for pretty young things) on the Dallas-based television-series "Dynasty", which idealized status-conscious Texan women mostly via fashion. With a strapless curvaceous sweetheart neckline (spared from '80s shoulder pads!), narrow sinuous folds of crepe silk-blend jersey cross diagonally below the decollete, while contrasting vertical ruching defines the seven bones of the invisible corset structure that is fully lined on the interior. Under the bust in front below the empire-like peaked high waist, the fitted tucked underlay of the cocktail dress wraps around the back to end as an overlay in front, where the opening on the left side extends to the bodice like a discreet slit. The freely hanging bias-cut overlay in front is gathered underneath each breast for a forgiving central drape that adds additional curves to make the wearer's torso underneath appear in sleek condition despite a potentially less than ideal figure. The dress closes with a concealed zipper in the center of the back, with exterior hook-and-eye fastening to narrow the waist. There is a second concealed hook-and-eye fastener at the top of the zipper. Although the only remaining tag is the Costa/Bergdorf label, it is a contemporary U.S.-size 8, which will also suit a large-busted size 6 or a svelte size 10. Now 88 years old, Victor Costa (b.1935) became widely known by the 1980s in The States for perfecting affordable luxurious gowns that could be mistaken for one-of-a-kind flamboyant designs by foreign couturiers Christian Lacroix, Arnold Scaasi, Oscar de la Renta or Valentino Garavani. Early on, the avid female sketcher...