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KATE MOSS VINTAGE CHRISTIAN DIOR DRESS-ENDING BID

Staff — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:59:46 +0000

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 AUCTION-THE VINTAGE FASHION OF LEONA HELMSLEY

Staff — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 09:05:26 +0000

In May Leslie Hindman Auctioneers of Chicago will be offering an estimated 250 lots of clothing and accessories from the estate of Leona Helmsley. In the upcoming sale are gowns “by Julia,” the personal, full-time seamstress of the late Helmsley. Other auction lots will include designs by Bill Blass, Christian Dior, Bob Mackey, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Leona Helmsley had more than 200 pairs of Ferragamo shoes, and varying shades of multiple Hermes bags.

Included at the auction in May will be the Chanel skirt suit Helmsley wore in 1992 to start her federal prison sentence.

Hindman estimates that the 250 Helmsley lots could sell for a total of $80,000 or more

The Prom Queen Goes Vintage

Staff — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:34:45 +0000

The 2008 Winter/Spring Prom edition of Seventeen Magazine features Vintage Fashion for those wanabee prom queens. From accessories to dresses Seventeen’s photo layout features the vintage style. Decades that are in demand are the 1950′s and 1980′s. Today’s teen spends an average of $500 for a new prom dress. For under $125 how about a vintage 80′s Christian Dior dress? Or you could spend about $300 for a vintage 1950′s wiggle dress. Top designers of the the 50′s include Emma Domb, Christian Dior and Mainbocher.