Evening dress

Designer John Galliano British

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This floor-length sheath is composed of two diagonally seamed rectangles and a horizontal rectangular panel around the bodice. For inspiration, Galliano has gone directly to Paris and Vionnet. Like China, the First Empire, and the Edwardian era, Vionnet is a recurrent source for Galliano: the Vionnet and 1930s influence was also profoundly present in his spring-summer 1989 collection. Among the Vionnet notes seen here are the cowl neckline and the petal-shaped ties in gray and black chiffon and white jersey at the right shoulder.

Evening dress, John Galliano (British, born Gibraltar, 1960), silk, British

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Evening dress, John Galliano (British, born Gibraltar, 1960), silk, British
Evening dress, John Galliano (British, born Gibraltar, 1960), silk, British

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