Photo: Gorunway.com1/15Versace Pre-Fall 2019
Supermodel Amber Valletta wore Donatella Versace’s Jim Dine–inspired heart print to close the house’s Pre-Fall 2019 show in New York. The sexy silhouette is a remake of one Valletta wore on the Versace Spring 2000 runway, which was made famous by Jennifer Lopez at the 2000 Grammy Awards.
Photo: Getty Images2/15Courrèges Fall 1994
A shiny silver heart is formed by two models wearing coordinating gazar dresses.
Photo: Sylvain Belain3/15Viktor & Rolf Spring 2002
The designers created a black-and-white, head-to-toe heart print for their Spring 2002 collectsion, which they said was about “love and goodness and being positive.”
Photo: Style.com4/15Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Fall 2003
Gaultier turned the body inside out and showcased what it would be like if we quite literally wore our hearts, and our veins, on our sleeves.
Photo: Marcio Madeira5/15Yves Saint Laurent Fall 2005
Stefano Pilati utilized a striking heart cut-out for this belted turtleneck dress for his Fall 2005 Yves Saint Laurent show, which referenced 17th-century Flemish paintings of Jansenist nuns and clergy.
Photo: Marcio Madeira6/15Jean Paul Gaultier Couture Spring 2007
A bleeding heart informs the ruching detail of a dress in Gaultier’s Spring 2007 couture show.
Photo: Gorunway.com7/15Burberry Prorsum Fall 2013
Instead of the classic check, Christopher Bailey covered one of Burberry’s signature outerwear pieces in a flurry of little black hearts.
Photo: Getty Images8/15Maison Margiela Couture Fall 2014
A shimmering declaration of love at Maison Margiela Couture Fall 2014.
Photo: Indigital.tv9/15Gucci Spring 2019
Alessandro Michele embroidered a brightly colored human heart to the side of a ruffled white dress for Spring 2019.
Photo: Indigital.tv10/15Dior Spring 2017
For her Spring 2019 Dior show, designer Maria Grazia Chiuri added a tiny red heart to a white top, inspired by a traditional fencing uniform.
Photo: Indigital.tv11/15Rodarte Spring 2017
A long, lacy heart decorates a romantic dress on the Spring 2017 Rodarte runway.
Photo: Indigital.tv12/15Saint Laurent Fall 2016
Hedi Slimane took the notion of a fashionable heart to the extreme with a bright red, heart-shaped fur coat that was made for viral social media moments.
Photo: Indigital.tv13/15Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2015
Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana have long used hearts as modes to express desire and their Italianate vision of amore.
Photo: Indigital.tv14/15Lanvin Spring 2014
A giant heart pendant accompanies a pink metallic strapless dress designed by Alber Elbaz for the Spring 2014 Lanvin collectsion.
Photo: Marcio Madeira15/15Luella Spring 2010
Another lover of the heart print, Luella Bartley incorporated a heart cut-out in the neckline of a sweet, 1950s-style LBD in her Spring 2010 lineup.