Pre-Fall 2011 Gucci by Frida Giannini Runway Closing Look 42 Black Mongolian Fur Cropped Jacket Dresses Reference Photos: Fall 1968 James

Reference Photos: Fall 1968 James Galanos Couture Runway

The back of this top layer is cut longer to form a small train and the netting also helps to give it a more ball gown feel with the extra volume created

Bust-bottom hem: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam

This 1970s silk chiffon goddess dress by the great Jean Varon is constructed with a layer of eggplant hued silk chiffon cascading from the shoulders

I am almost certain that this is an unlabeled Oscar de la Renta boutique dress

Pre-Fall 2011 Gucci by Frida Giannini Runway Closing Look 42 Black Mongolian Fur Cropped Jacket Dresses Reference Photos: Fall 1968 JamesThe Pre Fall 2011 show was a nod the the early 1970s and all the glam that we associate with that time period. Vogue's review of the show said; "Once upon a time, Giannini designed a women's collection for Gucci that was inspired by Ziggy Stardust. Here it was possible to detect intimations of David Bowie just before his glittery watershed: the 'Hunky Dory' voluminous pants with the deep box pleat, for instance, and the 'Space Oddity' Mongolian lamb