Exquisite Resort 2016 Valentino by Pierpaolo Piccioli & Maria Grazia Chiuri Embroidered Dress designer-bill-tice and her shining creations

and her shining creations

The final piece is the jacket

It is very beautiful and deceptive in that despite its heavily worked appearance it is actually shockingly light

Waist: to 16-18" flat across from side seam to side seam and you can cinch in further with the belt

It’s very hard to tell with couture and the women could have had the skirt made at the same time

Exquisite Resort 2016 Valentino by Pierpaolo Piccioli & Maria Grazia Chiuri Embroidered Dress designer-bill-tice and her shining creationsThis dress is from the Fall 2016 Valentino collection and at this time both Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were acting Creative Directors. It was a dress that was highly sought after and we found examples of the great Franca Sozzani wearing one along with Mo Abudu in another. Vogue raved abut this collection saying in part: "Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's design signature by now is familiar. Their simple, covered up, almost