1980S JEAN LOUIS SCHERRER Black Silk Taffeta & Blue Satin One Shoulder Cocktail

1980S CLAUDE PETIN PARIS Black Metallic Rayon Blend Chiffon Jersey Strapless High Slit Gown With Back Cut Outs

1970S MOLLIE PARNIS Black Tulle Dress Covered With Metallic Embroidery Silver Studded Paillettes

1950S Black Rayon & Silk Lace Ruffled Fit Flare Swing Skirt Cocktail Dress

1930S Black Bias Cut Rayon Crepe Gown With Celluloid Sequin Peek-A-Boo Sleeves

Tagged a European 36 1980S THIERRY MUGLER Black Rayon Blend Crepe Asymmetrically Draped Cocktail Dress With Sheer Lace Back & Sleeves

1940S Red & Navy Silk Striped Organza Gown With Full Ballroom Swing Skirt Draped Bodice

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...

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...

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

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...

This Nah Kanh gown is composed of a black jersey and features a lace bodice with nude tone base. There is a center back gold hue zipper. In excellent condition, with original tags. ...

This elegance and feminine Saint Laurent dress is constructed from embossed silk dress with black polka dots on white background. Featuring a V-neckline with gathered shoulders and ...