1998 Runway Jacques Fath Black Silk Lacework Jacket

1990s Manfred Thierry Mugler bronze iridescent jacket. Characteristic of the designer's desire to accentuate and exaggerate the female form, he has added unusual raised seam details ...

This mid to late 1950s Lilli Ann San Francisco black wool jacket is incredibly chic and features a classic cropped box style fit, very typical of the haute couture fashion styles of ...

This original 1940s lame jacket fastens at the front with six buttons, each covered in a bright Royal purple silk velvet. The high neckline features a neat...

This late 1940s Sally Slade black blazer jacket has the most incredible beaded detail on the lapels and pockets. It is cut in a classic New Look 'bar' style shape, with rounded front...

This original 1960s black scalloped lace jacket with rose detail is a wonderfully versatile piece and in impeccable vintage condition. Designed to be worn open, the jacket is collarl...

There's Thierry Mugler jackets and then there's this Thierry Mugler jacket! This is as good as it gets and it dates from around the time period in the mid 1990s when Thierry Mugler w...

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...

- Fall Winter 1990/91 - Sold by Skof.Archive - Blue Sangallo lace cropped jacket - Fitted to the body - Snap buttons closure - Made in Japan Conditions: Excellent Composition: ...

A Thierry Mugler Monogrammed Denim Jacket, circa 1998. This garment is one of very few pieces that feature the Thierry Mugler monogram. Additional to the monogram, another iconic des...

This rare piece of vintage Jean Paul Gaultier Femme is a unique add on to your JPG collection, consisting of a sharply cut jacket style with unusual squared off front pocket detail i...

Elevate your evening attire to the pinnacle of sophistication with the Area Black Blazer Mini Dress, a masterpiece of contemporary design that seamlessly blends classic tailoring wit...