Black Designers have made a great impact in the fashion world. Lets take a look at a few notables.
Notable Black Designers:
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley- One of the first noted black designers. Keckley created President Lincoln’s wife inaugural ball gown.
Ann Lowe- Sewed for the Rockefellers, DuPonts, Roosevelts and Posts;
Designed the dress that Olivia de Havilland an...
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Auction Results Leslie Hindman
Vintage Couture and Accessories Auction Leslie Hindman Auctioneers April 19, 2009
Judith Leiber Pink Pig Minaudiere-Estimate $1000-2000- Sold $1342
A Gripoix for Chanel Pink, Purple and Green Pate Necklace with Rhinestones-Estimate $4000- Sold $4880
Harvey Berin Green Chiffon Evening Gown-Estimate-$500- Sold $366
A Hermes Slate Grey Kelly Bag $3,904
A Jean Patou Black Silk...
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Many "vintage" knock-offs could still be circulating today with buyers paying real prices for fakes.
Many fakes of the late 70's and early 80's were produced to the same standards.
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By now you know at the recent Academy Award’s we admired Penelope Cruz wearing her 1950s vintage Pierre Balmain strapless ivory lace gown. Cruz purchased the dress in Beverly Hills at Lily et Cie. The original sketch of the dress still exists at Pierre Balmain. The dress took well over a half a year...
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LOUIS VUITTON 20TH CENTURY TRUNK
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Vintage Gucci Monogram Canvas Bag $207
Vintage Emilio Pucci Velvet Jumpsuit, 1970s $563
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Perhaps a word of caution to “collectors” that assume death equates to financial opportunity.
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The buzz centered around the vintage Christian Dior dress donated by Kate Moss
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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...
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American Apparel opens new vintage clothing store in California featuring handpicked vintage clothing from the 1950’s to the 1990’s. The new vintage store is named California Vintage and opened in mid November. American Apparel is a worldwide company that operates 175 stores in 13 countries including the U.S.
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