Richard Tyler Black & Silver Brocade Tailored Single Breasted Jacket 1990s

Gianni Versace Couture black wool bead & stud trimmed jacket. Single breasted jacket is trimmed in alternating black beads and square faceted silver studs, the jacket closes at the w...

Donna Karan black silk crepe, open front jacket with pockets 1980s. V neckline, long sleeve, princess seam jacket closes with a single button at the neck top, the jacket is below hi...

Escada ostrich feather trimmed, chocolate brown goat suede jacket. Princess seamed jacket is trimmed in dark and light ostrich feathers at the cuffs, collar and fronts. The jacket cl...

Claude Montana brown linen drape open back jacket from the 1980s. Fine linen in a dark chocolate brown gives this jacket a crisp look. Double breasted, th...

Christian LaCroix Bazar, copper metal zipper front Short sleeve jacket from 1980s...100% cotton jacket features woven patchwork fabric with not...

Giorgio Armani black wool double breasted belted coat with deep collar and hit front top stitched patch pockets. This beautiful coat has a self belt, the coat can be worn without the...

VERSACE Mink black Fur jacket Crystal Embellishment Content: 100% Mink Lining: 100% Silk IT Size 44 - US 8 shoulders 17" armpit t...

Matsuda black gabardine fitted jacket with detachable collar. Circa early 90's, very good vintage condition. Detailed embroidery on v-shaped removable collar with ornate matching but...

Beautiful CHANEL fantasy tweed jacket designed by Karl Lagerfeld A true CHANEL signature item that will last you for many years Closes in front with concealed hooks Amazing metallic ...

1990s Jean Paul Gaultier black linen blazer. Front entirely embellished in tiny metallic grey beadings in an allover design. Single front black button. Elongated, curved lapel. Five ...

1970s Yves Saint Laurent bohemian brown poncho. Oversized, with a boat neckline, an wide knit, and a long fringe hem. Bracelet length dolman sleeves. Perfect over jeans and a t-shirt...

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous" Elsa Schiaparelli,1930's. "Life has changed so much, A Schiaparelli was never made for the streets." Karl Lagerfeld, 1970's. 2 quotes,2 designers, 4 decades apart. 4 decades later. Although these quotes are highly debatable, especially in the context of today's high-low designer collabs and pop up retailing, iconic fashion endures. Whether now relegated to a museum exhibition, a collector's acid free box or a celebrity one nighter, these fashion artifacts from the french Haute Couture of the 1930's echo a time, pace and culture unrecognizable to most people today. Schiaparelli changed the definition of what it meant to be a designer at an important time in the evolution of the Haute Couture. Rather than simply making beautifully elegant garments (which she also did), she focused on the concepts behind the pieces. For her fashion was a fluid medium and she effortlessly blended fashion, politics and the fine arts. She was one of the most innovative and rebellious designers of the period working against what she considered the stale fashion currents of the day. She was elegant yet untrained. As a protege of Poiret, she gained entry into the world of Parisian fashion. While her rival Chanel was essentially uneducated and a “primitive” in the artistic circles in which she socialized, Schiaparelli’s impeccable social credentials as the daughter of an old and distinguished Roman family gave her a relatively easy entree into Paris society. She was a subversive, a punk, a desecrator, a collaborator, an innovator as well as the ultimate insider whose plans on design domination and creating "la zone rose" for the modern world were cut short by the advent of WWII. She was at the height of her influence and power showing 4 iconic collections in the last years of the decade. Fascinating to consider what the House of Schiaparelli could have brought forth in the following decades had the world not been swept away in turmoil at that moment. In the context of her short prewar career, few remaining masterworks have survived. The rare "moment" she created in the 30's lives on within each art piece, safelocked away within each stitch and sequin. Each design retains her spirit and legacy as a free thinking, modernist rebel who used the avantegarde as her platform in the most creative period of fashion design in the 20th Century. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rare and Important Elsa Schiaparelli Haute Couture...