A Hermès Birkin handbag shattered records selling recently at Heritage Auctions for over $200,000. And now the recent Elizabeth Taylor Auction at Christie’s set records for both the highest priced private vintage fashion collection ever sold and the highest priced jewelry collection ever sold. The 5.5 million dollar vintage fashion collection payout included a 1968...
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When Diane von Furstenberg first created her fabulous wrap dress it played to the louche sensibilities of 1970s New York. Forty years later, the child of a Holocaust survivor remains just as committed to making women feel great. Rosie Swash talks to her
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Since its 1937 debut, the Hermès scarf has had over two thousand different design changes. Grace Kelly once used an Hermès scarf as a sling when she broke her arm. The history of the Hermès scarf is available for in a new book from Nadine Coleno.
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Rare Vintage Levi jeans can sell today for $3,000. But is the classic vintage pair that you purchased a rip-off from the very same Vintage era the jeans came from? In the late 70's two Southern California men offered a private investigator posing as a clothing buyer 50,000 pairs of the counterfeit jeans...
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"There is certainly an opportunity to acquire quality vintage fashion in today’s market at an affordable price."
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Skinner-Tiffany art deco platinum and diamond solitaire up at auction- In today’s economy of weakening real estate and stock prices, investors are now purchasing high-end jewelry at higher prices. Harry Winston Diamond Corp reported second quarter 2010 results with sales increasing by 62% getting help with the recovery in the international diamond market. Winston...
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Cartier in the 1920's popularized rose gold jewelry. The copper/gold mix is very fashionable today.
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Music Singer Lily Allen will launch a vintage fashion business, “Lucy in Disguise”, this summer at the Vintage at Goodwood festival. http://www.vintageatgoodwood.com/home.aspx
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Christie’s auction house has teamed up with Gucci to evaluate Vintage Gucci products online. The website part of Christie’s is up and running at Christies.com. Learn more about the risks of purchasing Vintage counterfeits.
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American Made Vintage will be harder to find. A Solid film that looks back to the heyday of apparel manufacturing in the U.S. In the mid 1960′s, over 95% of American clothing was made in the U.S.A.; by 2009, only 5% is made in the U.S.A. Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags
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Lot 772: A platinum and diamond solitaire, prong set with an emerald cut diamond weighing 7.53 cts. (est. $40/60,000); Sold for $59,250.00 Lot 759: A platinum, Burma sapphire and diamond ring prong set with a cushion cut sapphire weight 5.74 cts set with old single and mine cut diamonds. (est. $25/35,000). Sold for $38,105.00...
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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;...
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