New York City - Jackets

Dusan "Splash Graffiti" accordian double zipper jacket is detailed with calfskin leather tabs accenting the zippers. The silk accordian style jacket is wonderfully finished with a bo...

Gianni Versace 'Couture' silk jacket is fully lined with cream rayon with his signature logo. The jacket of creamy silk with coral starfish along with bursts of bold green, yellow an...

Givenchy "Nouvelle Boutique" Evening gold lame and black quilted manderin collar jacket has two front set-in pockets in front. The front has four(4) lame-covered round buttons with e...

Victorian White Cotton Double Breasted Mens Vest With Unique Wide Lapels, Dated 1855

Comme des Garcon deconstuctive fully-lined black wool jacket has five (5) button front with four (4) patch pockets on front. The collar stands at 2", neck-to-shoulder is 5", shoulder...

Made in France 1980S THIERRY MUGLER Gunmetal Grey Wool Jacket Studded With Crystals

Vintage black wool blazer by Norma Kamali. Circa 1980s. Peaked lapel. Three welt pockets. Single button closure at front. 32" bust, 16" shoulder width, 32.5" length.

1990s black cotton jacket covered in embroidered pink and purple flowers

1980S Black Multi African Hand Beaded Vest

Victorian Cream Irish Crochet Short Jacket

1950S Black & White Hand Embroidered Silk Chinese Floral Jacket

1940S Black Floral Print Silk Long Chinese Jacket

Victorian Egg Plant & Gold Floral Embroidered Silk Quilted Vest

1960S Red White & Blue Cotton Nautical Anchor Blazer

Victorian White Irish Crochet Jacket With Long Sleeves

1990S RICHARD TYLER Black, Brown & Gold Silk Jacquard Jacket

2000S ZEGNA Black & Burgundy Silk Wool Hounds Tooth Blazer

Victorian White Organic Cotton Jacket With Handmade Lace Trim

Antique fabric so some pilling and small flaws which add to its beauty. 1950S Blue & White Striped Cotton Men's Tunic Shirt As/Is

1950S Dark Grey Cotton Melange Men's European Made Workwear Jacket

1940S Navy Blue Cotton Flannel Orange & Floral Duster Robe

1980S Silver & Gold Beaded "Dynasty" Style Long Sleeve Jacket Top With Peplum

2010S MARY KATRANTZOU Lilac Poly/Rayon/Nylon Glitter Graffiti Printed Jacket

1930S Violet Silk & Rayon Velvet Bias Cut Swing Jacket

1990S JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Blue & White Striped Jersey Lace Cut Out Blazer

Yves Saint Laurent, Rive Gauche, black, satin, box cut, oversize blazer/evening jacket, having a notched collar, vertical placed side pockets, and diamanté button detail at the cuffs.

Bill Blass cardigan/evening jacket made of a lace leopard pattern overlayer sitting on an entirely sequined underlayer, Including the sleeves. The visual results are very subtle for...

Vintage red wool zip jacket by Thierry Mugler. Mandarin collar. Zip closure at center front. 32" bust, 19" shoulder width, 21" sleeve length, 24" length.

Yves Saint Laurent, Rive Gauche, black denim, fitted, long sleeve, jeweled neckline, cropped jacket. C. early 80's. Front button closures.

Black, green, and white alpaca-blend tweed jacket by Chanel. Crew neck. Hook-and-eye front closure. 40" bust, 15" shoulder width, 19.25" sleeve length, 24" length.

Grey and brown linen check patterned jacket by Lafayette 148. Crew neck. Open front. 40" bust, 17" shoulder width, 23" sleeve length, 24" length.

Vera's wonderfully elegant combination of bronze and metallic gold open evening jacket is detailed with two front patch pockets and finished with black silk cording edges. The...

The Den of Beverly Hills black silk lined 3/4 sleeve hand sequined 'open' evening jacket measures 20" in total length. The shoulder measures 16&quo...

Eskandar deconstructed fully lined wool and cashmere blend patch pocket jacket measures 27 inches in total length. The shoulder measures 34 inches, neck-to-shoulder is 13 1/4 inches,...

This wonderfully bold-print in Turquoise jacket is fully lined and accented with three gilded gold metal buttons. Short-sleeve in 100% cotton print, the front has two set-in pockets ...

1970S Blue & Purple Silk Tricot Jersey Dye Jacket With Pockets

1990S ISSEY MIYAKE Dark Purple & Fuscia Polyester Pleated Mens Splatter Print Jacket

Vintage beige linen blazer by Chanel. From the Spring/Summer 2001 Collection. Notched lapel. Dual hip pockets. Single button closure at front. 40" bust, 19" shoulder width, 20.5" sle...

Victorian White Cotton Handmade Lace Vest

Victorian Silver Hand Done Lace Sleeveless Jacket

Buttons and Buckle are removable for laundering and starching. Victorian White Cotton Mens 4-Pocket Buckle Back Vest With Beautiful Buttons & An Interesting Weave

1930S Blue Hand Woven Rayon Blend With Real Silver Threads Kaftan Vest

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...

This wonderful square cut berry silk crepe Fortuny coat is gilt stencilled in a Bellini pattern. Fortuny's ethereal crepe and gauze garments are extremely...