New York - Jackets

1940S TEXTRON White Cold Rayon Pink Floral Bed Jacket

1970S Dark Red Cotton Velvet With Shawl Lapel Jacket 38R

1990'S RICHARD TYLER Black Silk Couture Peak Lapel Pant Suit

1980S Silver & Gold Beaded "Dynasty" Style Long Sleeve Jacket Top With Peplum

Button fly and surgeon button cuffs 1990'S CORDINGS Green Wool Tweed Men's 20S Style English Made Sporting Pant Suit Suit With Knickers XL

2010S MARY KATRANTZOU Lilac Poly/Rayon/Nylon Glitter Graffiti Printed Jacket

1950S Hand Woven Silk Ikat Hooded Cape With Embroidery & Tassels

Gucci Men's Large Black Diamante Velvet Formal Smoking Jacket 125g27 Made In: Switzerland Measurements: Length: 19" Width: .5" Height: 30.5" OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION ( 9/10 or...

Vintage Lillie Rubin double breasted blazer. peaked lapel. purple and black houndstooth. flap pockets. small built in shoulder pads. dry cleaned. Circa 1980s - 1990s Lillie Rubin Ma...

This classic Maison Margiela jacket is expertly crafted from 100% cotton and features an eye-catching illusion of black and brown stripes pattern going different ways. Designed with ...

VINTAGE GRACE NY 100% leather Jean Muir suede jacket circa 1980s. Excellent Vintage Condition. Shoulder 20 in Bust up to 62 in Waist 36 in Hips 34 in...

1930S Rayon Crepe Gold Sequined Short Sleeve Zipper Front Dinner Jacket

1960S Red White & Blue Cotton Nautical Anchor Blazer

Commes des Garcon zipper jacket has a racer's check stripe accented on the center back. Zipper measures 20" front is 20", back is 22", underarm circumference measures 41", undera...

Fernando Sanchez black quited silk satin zipper jacket has detailed metallic gold piping. The shoulders are puff with a front micro zipper measuring 11". The sleeves' cuff each have ...

Burberrys tan wool jacket is fully lined of same color. The five (5) button front and also on the breast pockets has accents of ultra-suede on the collar and also on and along the fr...

We purchased this from a NY woman who always has the finest designer pieces. There is no label however the construction is exceptional and the beading is beautiful. There is a gold c...

Antique fabric so some pilling and small flaws which add to its beauty. 1950S Blue & White Striped Cotton Men's Tunic Shirt As/Is

1930S Blue Hand Woven Rayon Blend With Real Silver Threads Kaftan Vest

Yves Saint Laurent, Rive Gauche, black, satin, box cut, oversize blazer/evening jacket, having a notched collar, vertical placed side pockets, and diamanté button detail at the cuffs.

Date Code/Serial Number: CA36929 Made In: Italy Measurements: Length: 21" Width: .2" Height: 29" OVERALL EXCELLENT CONDITION ( 9/10 or A ) Shoulders: 18" Pit to Pit: 21" Sleeve ...

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...

"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...

This wonderful square cut berry silk crepe Fortuny coat is gilt stencilled in a Bellini pattern. Fortuny's ethereal crepe and gauze garments are extremely...