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Extremely rare museum piece GIANNI VERSACE Runway Fall / Winter 1992 Bondage Collection leather, fox fur and astrakhan fur black runway jacket ! Angelina Kallio modeled this on the runway for Look # 46. Leather jacket is stuffed with down for warmth. Gold Medusa head zipper up the front. Adjustable gold buckles at each side of the waist. Signature baroque silk lining. Hood can be removed with hidden buttons. This 90s vintage Versace...

Chic vintage GIROGIO ARMANI 1990s fitted Ivory / beige leather perforated belted trench jacket coat! Features extremely soft Napa leather that is perfor...

Such a classic skirt and jacket suit set by NORMAN NORELL! This chic 60s ensemble is the perfect camel color, that will get you through all the months of the year. Haute Couture quality, with an amazing wool fabric! Chic brown buttons up the bodice of the jacket, with functional pockets at both breasts, and at both sides of the waist. High waisted pencil skirt, with flattering darts, and metal zipper, and button at waistband. Both pieces work fantastic together, or as separates! Fully lined. Approximately Size 12 Made in France Pictured vintage OSCAR DE LA RENTA hat...

Chic never worn Couture Couture Los Angeles ivory / off white jacket ! Features a soft wool and rayon blend. Four snaps up the front with two fabric covered oak buttons. Pockets at each side of the waist. Lined in a beautiful flower printed silk. The perfect everyday jacket! Marked Size 44 Model is US 6, and 5’8 feet tall Measurements: 40 inch bust 38 inch waist 16.5 inches from back shoulder seam to seam See the below expert from WWD in 2005: “The California-based — and inspired — contemporary brand in spring will launch Couture Couture, a 20-piece designer collection featuring intricately crafted pieces such as a jeweled dress with organza underskirt and a chantilly lace strapless dress. The average retail price for the Couture Couture collection is $680, compared with Juicy Couture’s average retail price of $180. Co-founders and co-designers, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor thought the timing was right to introduce an upscale, highly edited collection. From a design standpoint, they were ready to take their craft to the next level. “We’re not a one-trick pony,” Skaist-Levy said. “Our background is in design. We just hit with the tracksuit.” Couture Couture is a long way from the candy-colored Juicy Couture tracksuit...

Beautiful vintage 90s Jaeger 'Fantasy Tweed' metallic multi-colored fitted blazer! Wonderful checkered print in purple, pink and black! Large single black opal button at waist, with ...

Chic 1980s black silk fully sequined bomber jacket ! Features thousands of hand-sewn sequins on silk. Elastic knit waistband and sleeve cuffs. Full zipper up the front. Can be worn a...

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

Stunning piece by Pagano, Porto Cervo Fur jacket Russian zybeline, 4 top Reversible Turtledove color Two pockets Weight gr. 500 only (17 oz) Total length cm 50 (19.6 inches) Original...

Iconic YSL Jacket in Gold kid leather with extreme pagoda shoulders circa 1985. Gilt Bronze flowerhead buttons by Goosens. Black silk charmeuse lining. Crafted by YSL Haute Couture...

"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...

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