Zandra Rhodes Red Orange Hand Painted Pleated Jacket Top 1970s

Remarkably, Karl Lagerfeld has not always been renowned. His early work for Italian label Tiziani Roma portends his legendary design career as exampled by this mod jacket. A skillful...

Prolific designer James Galanos is known for his luxurious ready to wear collections that were crafted to couture standards. He oversaw every detail of his work, even traveling to Eu...

Leonard fashions are widely known for their bold and meticulous prints. Having been compared to the designs of Italian designer, Emilio Pucci, Leonard retains a particular softness i...

Pauline Trigère was a prominent figure in putting American designers on the map. Like many of the acclaimed French couturiers, Trigère was an expert at tailoring and had an eye for i...

Italian designer Giorgio Armani is renowned for his sophisticated aesthetic and exquisite attention to detail. He began his fashion career in window dressing at a Milan department st...

Italian designer Giorgio Armani is renowned for his sophisticated aesthetic and exquisite attention to detail. He began his fashion career in window dressing at a Milan department st...

Veronica Beard, Made in USA, Polyester/Viscose/Elastane, Green, Navy, Colorblock Plaid, Hook and Eye Closure on Jacket, Two Front Pockets (One with Flap), Zipper on Back, Size 10, Re...

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...

Classic avant-garde biker jacket from Rick Owens. A true Rick Owens staple. This avant-garde jacket is made from a soft distressed lamb leather and features a concealed front zip closure, classic Rick Owens long sleeves...

Chanel most wanted Paris Salzburg runway jacket. This is new with tags. It is adorned with embroidery throughout. Fabric is beautiful blend of 79% wool, 17% cotton, and 4% polyester.

A very rare Hermès silk iridescent taffeta jacket with autumn leaves, vintage 90s Shawl collar, 3 mother-of-pearl buttons with logo, side pockets. O...