Villa Rosemaine

Autumn Winter 1978 France Precious evening ensemble, dress and Kimono jacket by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche dating from the 1978 ready-to-wear collection. Straight, minimalist, fl...

Winter 1920-1921 France. Long dress in black silk crepe by Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture. Wide shape with back of the dress longer than the front. Fitting the skirt, split on the sides...

Circa 1830 France Romantic-period dandy's drape in wool-cotton twill woven in the colour of Ramoneur, a fabric known as Casimir in the fashion plates of the period. It is a slim-fitt...

Circa 1990 France Large Blouse in very fine woven orange cotton and applied with a goldfish with gold stitching and silver circles imitating bubbles. Round neck and 3/4 sleeves, a n...

Circa 1855 France or Europe Precious white cotton muslin or organza round crinoline walker dress dating from the beginning of the Second Empire. Dress with puffed sleeves, folded ple...

France circa 2000 A nice skirt suit by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. 100% Linen 3 pearly buttons on each sleeve and two at the waist to bend the jacket two pockets at the waist an...

Circa 1935 France Rare long collector's evening dress, French Haute Couture by Nicole Groult, famous sister of Paul Poiret and dating from the 1935s. Sleeveless dress in carmine red ...

Circa 1958 France A yellow banana ottoman silk faille ball-gown or ceremonial long dress. Boned bodice with large plunge neckline and cream oblique pleated shape faille on the ches...

Circa 1880. India Kashmiri shawl embroidered on the frontiers of Tibet and called Rumal Amli shawl in India, not to be confused with Kani shawls, this one dating from the last quarte...

Circa 1970 France Iconic Sonia Rykiel dress with visible seams, dating from the 1970s. Kurta-style slit dress and zip-up trousers in royal blue silk crepe. Shoulder yoke ties under the arms. Sonia Rykiel is considered one of the first French designers to make clothes with inverted seams, i.e. with visible exterior seams, here finished by hand. The subtle deconstruction gave her style an edge that made her work revolutionary for its time. No lining, Sonia Rykiel label. There is a tiny stain on the bottom of the dress, the only flaw worth mentioning. Very good colour and condition. Sonia Rykiel (1930-2016) was nicknamed ‘the queen of knitwear’ and invented ‘démode’ (unfashionable clothing). She championed black and stripes. She invented reverse seams, the absence of hems and linings, the first sophisticated velvet jogging suits...

Circa 1930. France Suede leather bag in the Egyptomania style that emerged after the discovery of Tutankhamun in Egypt in 1922. This unprecedented movement made Egypt fashionable in ...

Circa 2004/2011 Italy - France An iconic Couture shirt in silk twill printed with baroque and eccentric Indians by Donatella Versace from the years 2004/2011. Loose and fluid cut pri...