70's High Waisted Black Midi Skirt w/ Pockets

High waisted 1970s / 1980s black midi skirt from Valentino. Lined and has side pockets. Fastens with a hidden side zipper closure.

Measurements are flat across, unstretched and approximate:

waist: 12.5”

length: 29”

From the Fashion Guild:

Valentino Garavani (b. 1932) studied fashion design in the late 1940s at the Accademia dell’Arte in Milan and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture in Paris. He became an assistant at Jean Desses in 1950, moved to Guy Laroche in 1956, and returned to Italy in 1959 to work for Galitzine.

In 1960 Valentino established his own salon on the fashionable Via Condotti in Rome. Two years later he did his first ready-to-wear collection. He also showed his collection at the Pitti Palace in Florence in the same year, a move which led to greater exposure and set him as a major Italian designer.

Valentino’s work is grand and dramatic. This makes his designs perfect as wedding dresses, including those of Jackie Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis (from the 1968 White collection) and Elizabeth Taylor in 1991 (her eighth marriage!).

This item is sold from an excellent, highly rated vintage boutique in West Palm Beach, Florida.