Spring 2017 Valentino by PierPaolo Piccioli Runway Look 20 Zandra Rhodes Print Silk Dress designer-estevez The velvet allows it to

The velvet allows it to stay full and almost like a modified bell

There is just a suggestion of shape through the waist and the skirt falls below that is a gently widening column of fabric

deep blue silk with a satin finish

'Cecilie Bahnsen operates at the intersection of couture and ready-to-wear to create luxury clothing with a relaxed

This is what you see under the skirt in these photos

Spring 2017 Valentino by PierPaolo Piccioli Runway Look 20 Zandra Rhodes Print Silk Dress designer-estevez The velvet allows it toThe twin of this dress walked the runway for the Spring 2017 collection for Look 20. It was made under the creative direction of Pierpaolo Piccioli and the print was done in collaboration with Zandra Rhodes. Historically, this was an important collection as it was Pierpaolo's first solo show at Valentino. It was also his first collaboration with Zandra Rhodes. The dress is beautifully documented on the runway and was seen at NYFW as well as couture