Sydney Sweeney Outfit in Venice: Vintage Vivienne Westwood Lace Dress

Four pieces credited, $26,000, arriving in Venice. It is Sydney Sweeney’s second appearance here, after her black shirt dress in New York, which was also Vivienne Westwood. It is the sixtieth look on this site.

A white lace dress, brown heeled sandals, a small black bag and a gold watch. Of the $26,000, $17,800 is the watch.

And the dress has a story of its own: it is twenty-four years old.

The dress

White lace, a fitted corset bodice, a ruffled lace neckline falling over the shoulders, and a long skirt that flares at the hem.

It is an archive piece. This dress comes from Vivienne Westwood’s Spring/Summer 2002 collection, so you cannot walk into a shop and buy it new. The $5,500 is a collector’s price — what original pieces from that era trade for among people who collect them.

That changes what the number means. It is not a retail price being marked up; it is rarity. The alternative we have linked is a new white corset dress with a ruffled off-the-shoulder neckline — the same white, the same fitted bodice and the same flared skirt.

White lace, fitted top, full length to the calf. The openwork is what makes it read as summer rather than bridal.

The sandals

Tan leather, a square toe, a thin ankle strap and a high block heel.

The warm brown is the only colour in the lower half of the outfit, and it is what stops a white dress looking like a wedding. Tan or cognac leather, square toe, ankle strap. See more on our Saint Laurent page.

The bag

Small, soft, black, held in the hand rather than worn on the shoulder.

Métier is a London leather-goods label, and its bags are deliberately unbranded — no logo, no visible hardware. Which makes this one of the easiest pieces on the page to replace: a small, plain black bag, carried by hand.

The watch

A small gold watch with an oval case, worn loose on the wrist like a bracelet.

Baignoire is French for bathtub, and the name comes from the shape — a stretched oval with no corners. It is one of Cartier’s oldest designs, and like every Cartier on this site, we do not link an alternative. See Ice Spice’s Cartier Santos for the last time we said why.

Both buttons go to Cartier at The Luxury Closet. The watch is 68 per cent of the outfit.

What it costs

Three pieces, $104.77 against $26,000. That is 99.6 per cent less, and the watch makes the figure meaningless.

Without the watch, the dress, sandals and bag came to $8,200 and we replaced them for $104.77 — 98.7 per cent less.

And there is a nice irony in this one. The most expensive piece of clothing is a dress that is older than some of the people who will read this page. What Sweeney is wearing is not a trend; it is a white lace summer dress, and those have never gone out of style.

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