Celebrity hairdresser James Brown’s Ebay auction for Cancer Research UK included donations from celebrities Sienna Millerand Kylie Minogue. However the buzz centered around the vintage Christian Dior dress donated by Kate Moss and worn at the V&A Golden Age Couture in September 2007.  The pale gold dress worn by Moss at the V&A was accidentally torn at the shoulder and a hole emerged later across the back. Brown’s Ebay auction raised more than $30,000. The controversial Moss dress sold for more than $1200.00.

At the SAG awards Angelina Jolie’s vintage Hermes dress fueled speculation amongst the press that the actress is pregnant. However many true Vintage collectors are more focused more on the dress itself.

The Hermes dress, a tie-dye brown horse print is from Juliana Cairone Rare Vintage collection. Angelina was not the first to wear a Cairone’s Rare Vintage; Debra Messing wore a Vintage Oscar de la Renta at a recent Red Carpet event.

Opened in February of 2007 Juliana Cairone’s store features vintage designs by Loris Azzaro, Chanel, Ossie Clark, Halston and Givenchy.

Cairone shops mainly in France and Italy where unique couture pieces seem an easier find. Juliana’s collection features those hard to find vintage pieces. She describes her collection as “Exclusive and glamorous pieces from the twentieth century’s most significant design houses”. However she does not limit her wares to just earlier periods. You may find designers as recently as of 2006.

No price tag on Angelina Jolie’s Hermes dress. But a rare Yves Saint Laurent gown was selling recently for $12,000 at Cairone’s shop in Manhattan.