Well Documented Spring 1988 Valentino Haute Couture Silk Dress w Sweeping Dotted Train & Flower designer-george-halley The front it cut flat

The front it cut flat and slim but beginning at the side cording the dress opens and flares out with soft pleats worked in very subtly to give that volume

Reference Photo: Samantha Angelo on Day 8 of Paris Fashion Week A/W16 (photo by @robertector)

she took to camping in the woods with a boyfriend

The very nature of panne velvet is part of what gives this dress its opulent feel

The body is cut long and lean with vertical seaming and a belt to nip in the waist

Well Documented Spring 1988 Valentino Haute Couture Silk Dress w Sweeping Dotted Train & Flower designer-george-halley The front it cut flatThis dress comes directly from the original couture client and is an exceptional example of Valentino's Haute Couture work that he was doing during the 1980s. Finding pieces from this time period is a rarity and I am very pleased to have this beautiful dress in the shop. I am also pleased to have found several documentations of the dress from that season. The dress is featured in the book "A Grand Italian Epic: Valentino Garavani" by Taschen, which is