Valentino Kleid

A Valentino dress starts with a colour — Rosso Valentino, the deep slightly orange-leaning red trademarked by Valentino Garavani in 1959 — and a red-carpet lineage that runs from the bridal-white gown Jackie Kennedy wore in 1968 to the vintage red backless dress Julia Roberts collected an Oscar in in 2001. JoliCloset carries 108 pre-owned Valentino dresses, from €67 to €4,911, every piece authenticated by our experts. The catalogue spans the full range: Rockstud-studded dresses, Calais-lace cocktail dresses, couture maxi gowns in silk chiffon and point-d'esprit tulle.

The Valentino dress codes

Three writing styles dominate. The first, inherited from Valentino Garavani himself, leans on couture cut, leg-of-mutton sleeves and ivory or red lace — column gowns, corolla skirts hand-shaped on the bias. The second, signed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli (2008-2016), brought the Rockstud onto collars, cuffs and hems and installed a younger, sharper silhouette. The third, Pierpaolo Piccioli's solo era (2016-2024), pushed the house toward neo-romantic prairie codes: bohemian printed-chiffon maxi dresses, V-logo embroidery, sheer point-d'esprit overlays. Alessandro Michele, appointed in 2024, extends that vocabulary while folding in the retro maximalism he developed at Gucci.

Fabrics and craft

Calais lace and point-d'esprit tulle are the signature materials, hand-embroidered in the couture ateliers on Piazza Mignanelli in Rome. Silk crêpe and chiffon carry the long dresses, cady gives column gowns their structure, brocade and guipure carry the most formal pieces. On the resale market, the most sought-after Valentino dresses pair a noble fabric with an immaculate lace condition — pulled embroidery or warped ruffles drag the value down. To round out the wardrobe, browse Valentino tops (73), skirts (46), jackets (45) and coats (24).

Pricing, sizes and resale value

A new Valentino dress starts around €1,800 for a short crêpe model and routinely clears €6,000 for a long lace gown. JoliCloset offers the same cuts from €67 for an entry-level archive dress to €4,911 for a fully embroidered couture piece — up to more than 70% below boutique retail. Available sizes run from IT 36 to IT 50; Valentino's fit is on the small side, so a half-size up from your usual reference is the safe call.

Authentication and buying tips

Every dress is hand-checked: flat-sewn composition label, jacquard black-and-white brand label with correctly spaced "Valentino" lettering, quality of the silk linings, saddle-stitched seams along the lace edges, and the signature of the embroidery. On recent pieces the six-digit production code and the made-in-Italy origin tag must align. Counterfeits almost always show synthetic lace, machine-set embroidery or a sloppy hem finish.