Own the elegant red chiffon gown modeled by "Ugly Betty" star Vanessa Williams at New York Fashion Week. Vanessa owned the runway in this Carmen Marc Valvo dress, created especially for The Heart Truth’s first annual Red Dress Collection Fashion Show in 2004 to help raise awareness of women’s heart disease.

The stunning dress has a V-shaped neckline with a low-cut back and features a vertical design on the fitted bodice. Tiered, bias strips of silk chiffon cascade down the train of floor-length, A-line gown. The dress has a silk lining with a center back zipper, a with a top hook and eye closure.

Designed to warn women of their #1 health threat, The Heart Truth created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wake-up call to American women. The Red Dress reminds women of the need to protect their heart health and inspires them to take action. The Heart Truth is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Learn more at http://www.hearttruth.gov.  

Auction proceeds benefit the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) and will be used to further efforts related to women’s heart health awareness and research.

If you’re visiting the New York City area February 14– February 21, visit the Top of the Rock Observation Deck to see an inspiring display of the red dresses from this one-of-a-kind collection. Red Dress Collection 2009 sponsor Swarovski is the official sponsor of Top of the Rock, located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

Red Dress Collection 2009 is presented by Diet Coke with national sponsors Swarovski and Johnson & Johnson, and make-up partner Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.

Photo courtesy of The Heart Truth, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.