Gianfranco Ferré Black Crepe LBD

Cocktail dress featuring an all-over black sequin bodice and a gunmetal satin skirt, the bodice with jewel neckline and long sleeves, the satin skirt with box pleats sewn down with a...

Quintessential 1980s aesthetic defines this outfit from Louis Feraud, its brightly colored print bustier dominated by gambling motifs appliquéd and embroidered on a red satin ground...

Pauline Trigère was known for her architectural designs, as exhibited here in a LBD from the latter part of her career. The narrow simple shape of the body in black wool crepe contra...

1960s black crepe sheath from Lilli Diamond, one of California's foremost manufacturers during the mid-twentieth century. The simple tank shape hugs the body and is embellished with ...

Anne Fogarty maxi dress featuring a scooped and ruffled neckline, cap sleeves, and empire waist fastened with a black velvet sash; one deep and one shallow ruffle at hem complement t...

Hanae Mori evening dress of black silk, the bodice fashioned of a black-on-black butterfly design embellished with pastel beaded butterflies. Dropped waist, high neck, and long sleev...

VERSACE Actual Runway Samole Fall/Winter 2012 Look # 6 Macrame Gothic Cross Cocktail Dress This long sleeve, turtle neck cocktail dress features an allover macrame Gothic cross...

Absence of vulgarity was central to Chanel’s definition of luxury, a view formed during her impoverished early life. Born in 1883 in Saumur, France, as Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, she was just 12 years old when her mother died and her itinerant father put her in a home for orphaned girls run by a local convent. She learned to sew and, upon moving to Moulins six years later, became a seamstress. She also sang in nightclubs, earning the sobriquet “Coco,” an allusion to a popular song of the time. Beautiful, one of a kind vintage silk dress and jacket for everyday ware as a coktail dress...

Thierry Mugler Strapless Black Satin Gown, c.1980s Thierry Mugler Strapless Black Satin Gown featuring asymmetrical, gathered corseted bodice with rhi...

This Michael Kors gown is composed of a radiant soft stretch purple jersey. The classic long sleeve style is modernized with an exquisite open back. There is a top button closure at ...

This is a long sleeve black silk crepe gown by Galanos, from the 1990's and labeled from I. Magnin. The gown has long, puffy sleeves, shoulder pads, and zips up the back. There is ...

A chic vintage black cocktail dress , by 'styled by H Tromp for Melonique Originals Ltd. The dress is in a ribbed fabric with a v backline...