Sézane Fuchsia Textured Double Breasted Blazer Size M

CONDITION is Very good. Minimal visible wear to jacket is evident. Minimal wear and pilling to underarms on this used McQ designer resale item. Details Khaki Cotton Fitted ja...

CONDITION is Very good. Hardly any visible wear to cardigan is evident. There is a very small pink mark near the bust on this used Sanne designer sample item. Please note that this i...

CONDITION is Very good. Minimal wear to poncho is evident. Minimal wear loose threads to the tassels at the bottom of this used Ralph Lauren designer...

CONDITION is Very good. Minimal wear to blazer is evident. The buttons ae missing on this used Sanne designer sample item. Details Designer sample item Black Wool Hip length...

CONDITION is Very good. Minimal wear to jacket is evident. Minimal wear to neckline lining with makeup marks and the brand label has become unattached at one side on this used Zadig ...

CONDITION is Very good. Hardly any visible wear to jacket is evident on this used Max Mara designer resale item. Details Black Linen Blazer jacket Mock neck Long sleeved Bu...

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

The Monogram admiral jacket pays homage to Louis Vuitton's craftsmanship. The military-style model, made of Monogram canvas, combines the bandolier with details inspired by the Maiso...

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...