Escada Jean Jacket with Weathered Pocket Design (34)

Horizontal ribbed velvet with a black chiffon base, this jacket sports a notched lapel and french cuffs. Closure is by way of a single button. The materials re 77% viscose 23% silk.

One of Christian LaCroix's specialty mix pattern and tactile feel blazer. In addition there is a gorgeous colorful lining; raglan sleeves; notched collar and two burron closure.

Beautifully cut and detailed light wool jacket, with stitching detail, darts and two fake slit pockets. The jacket also a belt and nice striped lining. A lovely blazer that would c...

Made of virgin wool and lined , this is a spectacular piece by the Belgian designer. Some of the details are: slightly bell shaped sleeves with four buttons on each side; a discreet...

Cap sleeves; two lovely front buttons; notched lapels, and two slits at the front with lace-up details (leather). Can be worn as is or over a sweater or blouse. The lining is a blac...

Beautiful two piece Brunello Cucinelli comprising of a very fine cashmere (70%) cashmere (30%) silk sweater in a light grey with a (75%) cotton (25%) silk double breasted jacket in s...

Schiaparelli Haute Couture Changeant Faille Jacket, 1938-39. "France gave me the inspiration: America gave me the approval" Elsa Schiapa...

"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...

Rare Schiaparelli Haute Couture Mandarin Black Quilted Faille Cape, 1951 Amazingly chic and modern quilted silk faille Haute Couture cape by Elsa Schiaparelli from the 1950's. M...

An incredible vintage mens Moschino jacket from the 90s. In a black denim with amazing studded details around the hem and creating Moschino's iconic Peac...

A fabulous vintage womens Gianni Versace womens suede jacket from the 80s. This wide sleeved jacket is a great example of Gianni's earlier work wh...

An incredible and rare vintage womens overcoat from the early 80s by luxury French fashion designer, JC De Castelbajac. This coat is an earlier design in Castelbajac's career - for h...