Victorian Green Felt Wool Cape

This John Galliano for Christian Dior wool felt coat is in a classic late 1990s or Y2K 'coatigan' shape, with wide sleeves and button detail. It features an unusual cutout design of flowers and slits which create an almost leaf-like shape. The piece has a rounded collar and five large tooth...

1960s Chinese dress coat which was made for the export market throughout the 50s and 60s in Shanghai. In a lovely burnished gold manmade satin jacquard fabric with a neat floral arrangement of honeysuckle, bamboo and cherry blossom in soft tones of pink, sage green, brown and blue. The neckline is traditional mandarin whilst the cloud collar...

This couture velvet evening jacket is an exquisite example of formal evening wear by one of the greatest Royal British couturiers - Hardy Amies. This would have been made for a very wealthy patron and perfectly showcases the skill and refinement for which its designer is extolled. Amies was a favourite of the young Princess Elizabeth prior to her Coronation, and was subsequently appointed Royal Dressmaker in 1955. Among Royals, his clientele also included the actresses Vivienne Leigh, Deborah Kerr, the Duchess of Devonshire, Princess Michael of Kent and Barbara Cartland...

This incredible teal blue velvet couture frock coat by Vivienne Westwood is an excellent example of her interest in Victorian silhouettes and trad...

1980s or early 1990s Claude Montana wool coat in a lovely shade of dark teal, almost forest green. It has a wide crossover collar and fastens with a soft leather effect belt in a mat...

Spring 1991 documented Chanel blazer jacket in fuchsia pink boucle wool and fully lined in soft pink silk with immaculate tailoring. The curved notched lapel falls into a central but...

Fortuny translated the caftan as a loose fitting outer garment, usually made out of silk velvet crepe or gauze the fitted back and open front allowed for elaborate stenciled decorati...

Fortuny's coats often take their inspiration from a myrid of references,renaissance,persian,arabic .These are often elaborately decorated in historical motifs surprisingly unrelated...

Fortunys coats take their inspiration from a myrid of references,renaissance ,persian,arabic .These are often elaborately decorated in historical motifs...

Transparent Fortuny gauze pieces are based on the ancient tunic which was a shirt like garment that became traditional attire in roman times, the copts or christian egyptians...

Fortuny translated the caftan as a loose fitting outer garment, usually made out of silk velvet crepe or gauze the fitted back and open front allowed for elaborate stenciled decorati...

Transparent Fortuny gauze pieces are based on the ancient tunic which was a shirt like garment that became traditional attire in roman times, the copts or christian egyptians...