Dresses That Changed My Life: Christina Ricci in Givenchy at the Met's Costume Gala 2008

My sweet holy Jesus.

What a fucking dress.  Can you wrap your head around this shit?  Never have I been so floored by an hourglass shape.  

I remember seeing this dress for the first time and literally gasping.  The best part about this dress, to me, is the fact you know 80% of the people who saw it didn't like it.  Because, let's face it, most people are idiots.

The wrapping, the red bodice shouting out from the frothy pink, the curves: Givenchy has never been shy about being avant-garde and really allowing a woman's physique to stand out.