Romantic Fall 2019 Valentino Pleated Cotton Dress w Huge Painted Floral Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel From the waist the skirt

From the waist the skirt falls in an elegant and slim column to just past the knee

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

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

but a lightweight

There's a hidden inside pocket on one side

Romantic Fall 2019 Valentino Pleated Cotton Dress w Huge Painted Floral Detailing designer-sonia-rykiel From the waist the skirtA 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.