Very, very occasionally a dress comes along that has exceptional staying power and overrides the usual celebrity desire for wearing something never seen in public before.
Such a dress is The Falconetti, by Susie Cave — the designer wife of rock star Nick Cave — aka The Vampire’s Wife.
To demonstrate this, there it was, out and about again at the weekend, worn by actress Rachel Weisz on a publicity tour for her new series, Dead Ringers. Both she and the dress were looking as gorgeous as ever.
The pretty, floral, pale metallic, silk-satin fabric was perfect for the bright light of New York spring, although since its launch in 2017, the dress has appeared in corduroy, velvet, chiffon and sequins on actresses, royalty, musicians and, importantly, a large number of ‘real women’, too.
Generally, a high-profile dress like this has a very clear sell-by date in terms of fashion-ability. Its pulling power may last a season, possibly two, but then it’s consigned to the holding pen of fashion, lingering there for years until it becomes a cool vintage piece.
Actress Rachel Weisz wore The Falconetti in New York last week on a publicity tour for her new series, Dead Ringers
The Falconetti has also had the Royal approval after the Princess of Wales wore the much-loved dress in Dublin in March 2020
When an item has been as exposed as The Falconetti, that turn of the carousel might take a decade. But this £1,595 dress and its sister design The Cinderella (a longer version with a deeper tiered hem for £850) have defied the trend. They continue to be worn by women who could appear in any dress they wish, by any designer in the world.
So what is it about this frock? What makes it so alluring that the Princess of Wales has worn it twice? Both times she chose the shimmery emerald version — for a 2020 trip to Dublin and for her and William’s first official joint portrait as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. (She also wore a similar gown in pink by The Vampire’s Wife…
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