Romantic Fall 2019 Valentino Pleated Cotton Dress w Huge Painted Floral Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel There's a hidden inside pocket

There's a hidden inside pocket on one side

/ Photo from The Metropolitan Museum of Art "The Collection Online"

The tie is separate can be styled several ways - I have shown it around the neck but you could use it at the waist or wear it separately as well

Waist: 16" from side seam to side seam

Entirely made by hand and it appears to have been worn very little if at all

Romantic Fall 2019 Valentino Pleated Cotton Dress w Huge Painted Floral Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel There's a hidden inside pocketA similar silhouette to this dress walked the runway for Fall 2019 but this dress was a production piece that was done in limited quantities for the shops. I still included the runway shot here because it gives you an idea of the fit of the dress once on the body. Fall 2019 was a wild success. The Vogue review for this collection touched on his inspiration for the show saying; (he is) a man on an intuitive mission to place fashion on a positive plane.