GIANNI VERSACE COUTURE SPRING/SUMMER 1995 MULTICOLOR SILK FLORAL KNEE LENGTH SLEEVELESS DRESS

Multicolor silk sleeveless dress from Gianni Versace’s Spring/Summer 1995 ready-to-wear runway show under the artistic direction of Gianni Versace.

“The body is back,” noted Laird Borrelli Persson for Vogue, “thus sounding the death knell for grunge. Of course, la bella figura was never, ever, out of fashion at this Italian house, a point Gianni Versace drove home by making corsetry his focus for the season. When models weren’t wearing stays, they were in slips of dresses featuring ribbon lacing or structured, nip-waisted suits trimmed with hook-and-eye detailing. Luxuriant Veronica Lake hair lent retro appeal to the styling, “proving once again” that Versace was “king of sexy nighttime dressing.” “There were floor-grazing slips, some with delicate drapes; wiggle dresses; and floaty empire-line nightie styles. Novelty prints featuring butterflies and ladybugs added a sense of winking playfulness to the whole. “I want to make people believe in fashion again,” the designer said. In conversation with Vogue, he expanded on his approach: “It’s the body-consciousness of today’s women that gives the return to glamour a real current attitude. It’s all about basic forms with wonderful shapes and a great attention to the cut.” 

Size: IT42 (true-to-size).

Bust: 14.5 in / 37 cm.

Length: 38 in / 97 cm.

Waist: 12.5 in / 31 cm.

Materials: Silk, metal. 

Made in Italy. 

As seen on Karen Mulder at Gianni Versace’s Spring/Summer 1995 ready-to-wear runway show.