Fall 2013 Valentino Runway Finale Long Sleeve Simple & Graceful Black Dress designer-john-galliano The photos have lightened the

The photos have lightened the color a touch and in person the depth and texture of all of those thousands and thousands of feathers have an even better effect

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Elastic sits at their tops so they sit off shoulder and then balloon out dramatically

Carved wood buttons on each pocket and cuff

The tag is numbered 49407

Fall 2013 Valentino Runway Finale Long Sleeve Simple & Graceful Black Dress designer-john-galliano The photos have lightened theThis dress is from the Fall 2013 collection from the house of Valentino. During this time period both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were acting Creative Directors. It was the finale dress of the runway presentation. The runway pieces were shown and styled with removable collars and cuffs as mentioned in the review below. Vogue's Nicole Phelps reviewed the collection and said in part: Vermeer's Girl With a Pearl Earring stared out from