S/S 2011 Runway Giambattista Valli Emboridered Leopard Dress designer-pauline-trigere Item# D525

Item# D525

It is interesting to note that even the sleeves are lined in the same silk crepe that rest of the dress is - this is an extra step and most designers skip it to save fabric - it is really a sign of the care and thought out into the piece

It is still available in boutiques now but no longer in this color

Item# C197

nips in at the waist and hugs the hips

S/S 2011 Runway Giambattista Valli Emboridered Leopard Dress designer-pauline-trigere Item# D525The spring 2011 collection by Valli was met by rave reviews. Tim Blanks for Vogue said of this collection: "There's something about Giambattista Valli's clothes that is so fundamentally optimistic, they've got you at hello. Maybe it's the va va voom echoes of Rome in the sixties, a quintessential dolce vita moment that resounds through the decades. With today's show, it wasn't like the outfits themselves were retro, but there was a kicky energy that