Stupendous Spring 2008 Valentino Original Runway Black Front & Back Plunge Bow Dress designer-rudi-gernreich An amazing and well documented

An amazing and well documented Pierre Cardin dress from the 1968 collection

His clothes followed the shape of a woman's body without being tight

The underskirt is a pretty muted satin in the same brilliant green and this adds a pretty depth to the skirt under the tulle

From the front it is nothing short of refined elegant perfection with a classic silhouette

The sides curve down on an angle to the waist

Stupendous Spring 2008 Valentino Original Runway Black Front & Back Plunge Bow Dress designer-rudi-gernreich An amazing and well documentedThis dress has the significance of being from Mr. Valentino' final show before he retired. Its twin in white walked the runway for Look 67 and we have added some runway shots so that you can see just how fabulously the dress moves when on the body. Vogue said this last collection was; 'Crisply puncturing the potential for a predictable end of era wallow in sentiment, Valentino played it as an upbeat, fast paced whirl of breezy, pretty, drop dead