Documented 1994 Versace Couture Chic Little Black Dress designer-stephen-burrows During this time period India

During this time period India was a great fascination as it opened to the Western world and you saw pieces made for he Western market made of these fine and beautiful silks

The sleeves balance this with an equal amount of fullness

Fully lined in a cream tissue silk

Carefully stored

I love the detail and extra work that went into putting a row of working buttons down one side seam

Documented 1994 Versace Couture Chic Little Black Dress designer-stephen-burrows During this time period IndiaLinda Evengelista was photoed in a version of this dress from Vogue Germany in 1994 which gives us a date on this dress. It has the same shoulder treatment and very similar cut. It is hard to tell from how she is holding the dress but I think ours may have a touch more flare through the skirt. Versace pieces can be so sexy and chic and yet still have a refined air about them and this little black dress is a perfect example of that. It is cut to skim