starfish dress Phenomenal Spring 2021 Versace by Donatella Versace Runway Look 77 Emb – Shrimpton Couture

starfish dress Phenomenal Spring 2021 Versace by Donatella Versace Runway Look 77 Emb – Shrimpton CoutureThe twin of this dress walked the Spring 2021 Versace show for Look 77. It was made under the creative direction of Donatella Versace. This dress was immediately waitlisted and sold out worldwide. They were released on a very limited basis and very few were made. The show is live streamed and close to the public because of the worldwide lockdowns at the time. The stage was the "imagined ruins of Atlantis" with projected water streaming down the walls.

• The twin of this dress walked the Spring 2021 Versace show for Look 77.
• It was made under the creative direction of Donatella Versace.
• This dress was immediately waitlisted and sold out worldwide. They were released on a very limited basis and very few were made. 
• The show is live streamed and close to the public because of the worldwide lockdowns at the time. The stage was the "imagined ruins of Atlantis" with projected water streaming down the walls. It was a tribute to Gianni's 'tresor de la mer' collection for Spring 1992. She was quoted by Vogue as saying "I wanted to do something disruptive to break the rules because I think that what worked a few months ago does not make any sense today. Creatively that meant finding a way to bring the DNA of Versace to a new reality into people who have undergone a deep change". The dress was one of the closing looks of the show and was worn to perfection by Irina on the runway. 
• It was a dress that was heavily photographed that season. Gigi was photoed in it for US Vogue, Sonam for Vogue India and Emily Ratajkowski was also photoed in its twin.
• The dress is made out of a beautiful pale turquoise blue silk that is of a very high quality. This was then heavily in embellished with large prong set glass crystals in various sizes, colours and shapes on an embroidered backdrop. 
• The level of hand applied crystal embellishment alone on the dress is something rarely seen in modern ready-to-wear.
• Heavily embellished straps curve up and over the shoulders. These attach into the front bodice that is also heavily embellished with a scoop cut out in the centre. It almost feels like what you would see in a 1950s burlesque piece and it is quite fabulous. It is shaped and cupped in the inner structured corset to add support and hold everything in place.
• At the back it is scooped quite low with another band of heavy embellishment coming up and across the back to hold it in place. That band of embellishment actually becomes one of the 'arms' of an oversized starfish that wraps around one hip. 
• The dress curves in for the waist and back out over the hips. This particular dress is a larger size so does not fit my dress form as form fitting as it will on an actual body in the correct size. Once on the correct size person it will fit more like the reference photos.
• A high slit runs up one side of the skirt for a flash of leg to show as you walk and move.
• More starfish are scattered over the skirt and the applique work to create the pattern that sits over the dress is incredible. All of the embellishments on the dress are done in such a heavy and dense manner that they sit up and off of the dress. It is just spectacular.
• It is rare to see such stunning work on a modern piece and it is an absolutely exceptional dress and rare collectible.
• And last I love the gold metal Versace discs that are set in as a part of the straps. At the fronts they have little hand made enamel starfish and I have taken a close-up of how they are embossed with the Versace name on their backs. 
• Not only is this a rare runway piece but it is new with tags and was never worn.
• The dress is fully lined in a blue silk and has a full built in cupped, wired and boned inner corset. The inner corset closes with a series of hook and eye. The dress closes over that with a hidden set side zipper. I see perhaps slightest touch of grubbiness at the very edge of the hem and there is the very occasional tiny pull in the silk. These are very minor, but mentioned for accuracy and almost certainly occurred in storage or while in the shop from normal handling. The original tags are attached along with a packet of extra crystals and the dress was never worn.
• The dress is tagged a modern Versace 48
• Excellent condition

Bust: to 21" flat across from side seam to side seam
Waist: to 18" flat across from side seam to side seam
Hips: to 22" flat across from side seam to side seam
Bodice: approx 13" from top of shoulder to under the cups at the front
Total length: 53" from top of shoulder to hem and the slit is 23" from the hem up

Modern Sizing Equivalent: LRG-XL

Item# DD5554

Reference Photos/Video: (1-4) Spring 2021 Versace, Look 77. Model Irina Shayk.  /  (5) Gigi Hadid in Versace photographed by Ethan James Green, Vogue March 2021.  /  (6) Sonam Kapoor photographed by Mariano Vivanco, Vogue India, July 2021.  /  (7-8) Emily Ratajkowski in Versace, June 2021.

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