This dress hails from the iconic Vivienne Tam 2000 collection featuring misty Chinese dragons in greens and blues over metallic gold underlayers. You can find pieces from this collection for $2,000 on Ebay right now — you can own this dress from WEN Loved Vintage at a fraction of the collector’s pricing out on the vintage circuit. This dress is made for brunch and shimmying on dance floors with Cult Gaia bags — so snatch it up today!
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Estimated size: L, Label says 3 which means it best suits a 37.5” bust, 30” waist, and 40” hip
Easily 2+” of stretch — this dress can fit from a M to XL size
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About Vivienne Tam:
Vivienne Tam, a Hong Kong–born, New York–based designer, rose to international prominence in the 1990s for her visionary blend of Eastern motifs and Western silhouettes. Known as one of the earliest champions of “East-meets-West” fashion, she translated traditional Chinese cultural symbols into contemporary design, often playing with bold prints, modern tailoring, and unexpected fabrics. In the mid-1990s, Tam became especially recognized for her pioneering use of mesh fabric. She reimagined it beyond its utilitarian or athletic associations, turning it into a high-fashion textile that conveyed both sensuality and strength. The semi-sheer quality of mesh allowed her to layer intricate graphics—often referencing art, folklore, and spiritual iconography—so the fabric itself became a canvas for cultural storytelling.
Her Spring/Summer 2000 “Dragon Collection” is highly sought after. Here, Tam explored the dragon as a potent cultural and mythological symbol, celebrating its association with strength, vitality, and good fortune in Chinese tradition. Rendered in bold, graphic forms across diaphanous mesh and fluid silks, the dragons coiled dramatically across the body, creating garments that felt both protective and empowering. The collection’s fusion of ancient mythology with a futuristic edge made it an instant standout on the runway and solidified Tam’s reputation as a designer capable of bridging history and modernity in visually arresting ways.
This dress hails from the iconic Vivienne Tam 2000 collection featuring misty Chinese dragons in greens and blues over metallic gold underlayers. You can find pieces from this collection for $2,000 on Ebay right now — you can own this dress from WEN Loved Vintage at a fraction of the collector’s pricing out on the vintage circuit. This dress is made for brunch and shimmying on dance floors with Cult Gaia bags — so snatch it up today!
Features:
Measurements:
Estimated size: L, Label says 3 which means it best suits a 37.5” bust, 30” waist, and 40” hip
Easily 2+” of stretch — this dress can fit from a M to XL size
Notes:
About Vivienne Tam:
Vivienne Tam, a Hong Kong–born, New York–based designer, rose to international prominence in the 1990s for her visionary blend of Eastern motifs and Western silhouettes. Known as one of the earliest champions of “East-meets-West” fashion, she translated traditional Chinese cultural symbols into contemporary design, often playing with bold prints, modern tailoring, and unexpected fabrics. In the mid-1990s, Tam became especially recognized for her pioneering use of mesh fabric. She reimagined it beyond its utilitarian or athletic associations, turning it into a high-fashion textile that conveyed both sensuality and strength. The semi-sheer quality of mesh allowed her to layer intricate graphics—often referencing art, folklore, and spiritual iconography—so the fabric itself became a canvas for cultural storytelling.
Her Spring/Summer 2000 “Dragon Collection” is highly sought after. Here, Tam explored the dragon as a potent cultural and mythological symbol, celebrating its association with strength, vitality, and good fortune in Chinese tradition. Rendered in bold, graphic forms across diaphanous mesh and fluid silks, the dragons coiled dramatically across the body, creating garments that felt both protective and empowering. The collection’s fusion of ancient mythology with a futuristic edge made it an instant standout on the runway and solidified Tam’s reputation as a designer capable of bridging history and modernity in visually arresting ways.
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