Belgian Evening Dresses and Gowns

Verlaine Vintage presents a gorgeous nude silk dress from the Belgian designers duo A.F. Vandevorst's Spring 2001 runway. It comes with an open back a...

From the Fall/Winter 2002 collection, this Ann Demeulemeester mini dress is covered in grey metallic sequins in an abstract pattern and features thin black straps. A brown variation ...

new DRIES VAN NOTEN Vintage 100% silk beige daisy print midi dress FR38 M Reference: PYCN/A00100 Brand: Dries Van Noten Material: Silk Color: Beige Pattern: Floral Closure: Drawstrin...

Original 1930s haute couture gold lame evening dress, in fabulous condition for its age. It features a crossover front with tie waist detail, and...

Resurrection Vintage is excited to offer a vintage Walt orange dress featuring floral patterns, long sleeves, and a checkered tie at the back. Wa...

Dries Van Noten black 100% silk sleeveless deep V-neck cocktail dress with oversized silk flower embellishment at the front. Size 38. In excellent condition. Bust - 32" Waist - 28" ...

Dries Van Noten Ikat print sleeveless Silk Dress in maroon, blue, white, and orange. Marked: 42 . Bust: 42” / Hip: 42”

Ann Demeulemeester creme silk eyelet sleeveless vest. Medium Size: 2/4/6

Soft pink and black semi-sheer, velvet maxi dress designed by Ann Demeulemeester dating to the 1994. Belgian size 38 which best fits a US 4 or 6. Approximate measurements: bust 36", ...

Tagged a European size 38 with additional work room sample tags meaning this could be a runway or press sample and may not have been put into production. Also check out the coordinat...

Vintage Margiela Black Rayon dress with interesting sleeves. Marked size 40 Bust: 34 inch / Waist 26 inch - 32 inch / hip 36 inch / Dress Length: 43 ...

90s Ann Demeulemeester black wool stipe halter with collar metal fastener with skirt set. Size: Medium for the top/ Skirt: Large

1920S Blue Silk & Silver Floral Lamé Draped Cocktail Dress

Vintage Maison Martin Margiela black rayon below the knee dress featuring cap sleeves. Please inquire for additional images.

Contemporary artist Martin Margiela, while initially a fashion designer, gave TheMet's Costume Institute from his seminal 1997 "Wordrobe" collection a couture trio, which he titled "Drapery Study: study of draping on bust, half dress and backless vest", whereafter in 2016 the museum made a rare purchase of another of his 1997 ensembles. Our couture bodice from the Artisanal line "0" by Margiela in 1997 features its iconic "ghost" off-white four-corner-stitched blank brand tag. But ours is a one-piece variation of the half dresses and backless vests that Margiela famously associated with Stockman dress forms, which have since become some of the most coveted pieces of 20th-Century fashion. This collection earned him the role of Hermes creative director that same year, whereafter his first collection for the venerable luxury brand debuted in 1998. TheMet wrote about its designer-gifted 1997 ensemble in its summary of New Clothes Acquisition of the 1990s: "to exemplify the conceptual basis of dressmaking Margiela's paramount concern to return to the raw materials of dress often exchanges finish and finesse to something more akin to process in modern art". Like that ensemble, our satin-finish black rectangular-panel garment can be draped in multiple ways to create different functions because of its unusual non-fabric soft material Tyvek and the way that the two black grosgrain ribbons are attached. Based on our experience with other Martin Margiela limited-edition Artisanal objects, there may be two that exist in black (see our other listing for the boxed set including a white harness/lingerie). TheMet also acquired from the 1997 Maison Martin Margiela Stockman...