original 1st edition ALAIA by Azzedine Alaia Steidl Nov 1998 limited edition

Stunning, charcoal wool gabardine jacket with intricately seamed panels from Azzedine Alaia dating to fall of 1986, as seen on the runway. The same full length coat was also featured...

Rich burgundy, velvet jacket with black woven wool trim designed by Yves Saint Laurent dating to fall of 1976 as seen on the 'Ballet Russes' runway. Jacket has full sleeves and slit...

Multi-colored, Ikat patterned, woven wool sweater coat with patch pockets designed by Yves Saint Laurent dating to fall of 1980 as seen on the runway. Labeled a French size 42. Appr...

Multi-colored, Ikat patterned, woven wool cardigan with puff sleeves and peplum hem detail designed by Yves Saint Laurent dating to fall of 1980 as seen on the runway. Rare brown, gr...

Vogue The Jewellery hard cover reference book in the original cardboard case The 296 page hard cover book is an archive of 20th century jewelry that was featured in Vogue. Features a...

Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer, Hardcover Book by Emma Baxter-Wright. Small fashion book: 7 x 5 inches. Elegant and stunningly illustra...

Set of two Bulgari catalogues, jewelry and watches. Collection of 2013. Hardcover black cloth catalogues of one of the most famous Luxury Jewellery maker in the world. Sotirio Bulgar...

High Style Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Softcover by Jan Glier Reeder. 256 pages 358 illustrations New York Book Show Awards Special Trade, General Award, Winner (2011) Independent Publishers Book Awards, Silver Medal (2011) Costume Society of America Millia Davenport Publication Award, Runner-Up (2011) Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010 - 256 pages Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 5-Aug. 15, 2010, and at the Brooklyn Museum, May 7-Aug. 1, 2010. High Style is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum's remarkable collection of costumes and accessories. This lavishly illustrated volume presents more than two hundred examples drawn from its nearly twenty-four thousand women's and men's garments, accessories, hats, and shoes. Brooklyn's collection was founded in 1903 to provide inspiration for Americas growing fashion industry. Through its Department of Industrial Design, Design Lab, and Department of Costumes and Textiles, the Brooklyn Museum became one of the most important centers for the study of fashion. As a result, the holdings are rich in clothing by American designers and the great French couturiers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum is also fortunate to have assembled what is considered the definitive group of works by the great couturier Charles James. Organized in chapters that represent the collection's strengths, High Style presents Brooklyn's masterworks and provides brief histories of how they were collected. Included are historical costumes from the 1760s to the 1890s; sumptuous gowns by Charles Frederick Worth; custom designs by the important French nineteenth-century couture houses; examples from the early twentieth-century houses, including those of Lanvin, Chanel, and Poiret; iconic Surrealist- based designs by Schiaparelli; the incomparable sculpted ball gowns of James of the 1940s and 1950s; ensembles from postwar phenomenon Dior, his successor, Saint Laurent, and Givenchy. American designers of the 1920s to the 1980s are well represented. Among the women are Valentina, McCardell, Cashin, and Maxwell; among the men, Mainbocher, Norell, Beene, and Halston. Augmenting this survey is a unique selection of regional costumes and historic French fashion...