c.1977 Valentino Strapless Silk Chiffon Red Ruffle Full Length Dress designer-ceil-chapman Bust: 17" from side seam

Bust: 17" from side seam to side seam and continuing to bottom hem

Another silk flower is placed at the waist and is attached to a ribbon of silk that circles around you and snaps into place underneath the flower

both then and now

It is made of a light cotton and has one of her amazing textile designs screened onto it

The skirt falls to the floor in a cascade of silk

c.1977 Valentino Strapless Silk Chiffon Red Ruffle Full Length Dress designer-ceil-chapman Bust: 17" from side seamThis Valentino is very similar to the work he was doing for the 1977 season that was so beautifully captured by Deborah Turbeville for the Fall campaign. I have included several reference photos of the similar gowns from the Haute Couture season that year and you can see how this one would have evolved form those for the boutique line The dress is made from a feather light silk crepe chiffon in his signature shade of red. The fabric choice allows for