C.1980s Red and black Adolfo knit dress with brass buttons. The dress has a center front button opening and is unlined.  

SIZE: BUST-36, WAIST-34, HIPS-38, DRESS LENGTH-37

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 1  ||  Stock # 26076  ||  $165.00 

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Albert Nipon black silk velvet cocktail dress with gold rams head chain shoulder straps. The bodice is boned and the dress is fully lined. Center back zipper. Albert Nipon is a namesake women's fashion label created by designer Albert Nipon. Nipon's earlier creations are perhaps best known for their beautiful tailoring. In the late 1980s, Nipon spent 20 months in jail for tax evasion and bribery. Shortly after, Leslie Fay Cos. (now Kasper A.S.L., Ltd.) announced it would be buying Albert Nipon, Inc. Apparel (such as suits and separates) as well as fragrances can be found under the Nipon label at various department and specialty stores nationwide. 

SIZE: BUST-32, WAIST-24, HIPS-34, LENGTH-38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 2  ||  Stock # 29648  ||  $265.00 

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C. 1980s Sweet bubble gum pink pique cotton halter dress with matching wide belt and gathered skirt with applied silk gross-grain ribbon. The gross-grain ribbon creates a window pane plaid. Building upon the innovations of European designers such as Coco Chanel, Blass made clothes that allowed women a chic, modern sense of ease and comfort. His work became popular among New York high-society women. In 1970 Blass became owner of Rentner, which he renamed after himself. He was a pioneer in employing the business strategy of licensing his designs and name to a huge array of fashion accessories. Bio Source-Answers.com 

SIZE: US 6

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 3  ||  Stock # 27902  ||  $225.00 

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c.1980s Bill Blass red, white & navy three piece set. The wool gabardine skirt is red white and navy with a drop yoke and box pleats. The sleeveless shell is horizontally striped in red white and navy and is a lycra based fabric. The tailored wool gabardine jacket is white with brass disk buttons on sleeves and closing center front. Center front panels in navy center back panels in red, Glove length sleeves. Like most people who seem to be most typically New York, Bill Blass comes from Indiana," wrote native Midwesterner Eleanor Lambert in an early press release for Blass when he worked at Maurice Rentner. Blass reigns as an American classic, the man who abidingly exemplifies high style because his work plays on the sharp edge of glamor but never falls into the abyss of indecency. Likewise, it defines sophisticated style because it has elements of the naive and the crude in impeccable balance. Blass is the perfect example of fashion's deconstructivist internal oppositions of real, hyper-glamor, and style synthesis. BIO SOURCE: ANSWERS.COM 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-27

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 4  ||  Stock # 28384  ||  $285.00 

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c.1980s Bill Blass red linen dress with frog and toggle closures down the center front. The dress also has hidden snaps. The closing of the dress is slightly off-set to the left and curves to meet the side seam creating a deep pocket below the left hip. Fully lined with red cotton. Blass evolved into a superb licensing genius and dean of American fashion designers. His is an intensely pictorial imagination, one that conjures up the most romantic possibilities of fashion. He maintains an ideal of glamor and personal aura, redolent of socialites and stars of screen and stage. Yet though there is little in Blass' work that is truly unique to him and not practiced by any other designer, one would never mistake a Blass for a Mainbocher or a Schiaparelli nor for any of his contemporaries. BIO SOURCE-ANSWERS.COM 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-34, HIPS-38, LENGTH-36

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 5  ||  Stock # 28396  ||  $265.00 

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Bill Blass animal print pants and matching top set. The fabric is a burn-out velvet with goldeyelash spots and the dark spots are the black chiffon. The edges are trimmed in gold woven braid. Buttons up center front and the pants have side seam zipper & single button. "Like most people who seem to be most typically New York, Bill Blass comes from Indiana," wrote native Midwesterner Eleanor Lambert in an early press release for Blass when he worked at Maurice Rentner. Blass reigns as an American classic, the man who abidingly exemplifies high style because his work plays on the sharp edge of glamor but never falls into the abyss of indecency. Likewise, it defines sophisticated style because it has elements of the naive and the crude in impeccable balance. Blass is the perfect example of fashion's deconstructivist internal oppositions of real, hyper-glamour, and style synthesis. 

SIZE: BUST-38, WAIST-28, HIPS-40

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 6  ||  Stock # 28694  ||  $165.00 

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C. 1980s Carolina Herrera black and white wool tweed Glen Plaid with the large 80s shoulder pads. The dress is defined by the slash of solid black across the narrow square neckline and down the long narrow sleeves. Center back zipper closes the dress. Lined in silk. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-28, HIPS-36, DRESS LENGTH-34

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 7  ||  Stock # 26408  ||  $225.00 

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Cerruti black linen mini strapless dress with a long crinkle crepe train that drapes from the top edge of the back to the floor. The train is black muslin with a double layer and tuffs of matching muslin applied on top. The top line of the bust has a gripper strip to help the dress stay in place. Nino Cerruti was born in 1930, as the son of one of the founders. In 1950, he became head of the family woolen business. Drawing from his experience in producing excellent fabrics, Cerruti ventured into the production of clothing in the late 60s. His first men's collection was shown in 1967 and was considered a revolution in men's wear at the time. The first boutique opened in 1967 on Rue Royale in Paris, where Cerruti moved the head of the business to, in order to be closer to the international fashion capital. The fabric production under the name of Lanificio Cerruti remained in Italy, while the fashion house is called Cerruti 1881. In 1976 Cerruti added a women's line to the successful men's wear business. Today, the firm is known for its classic wool suits, always trying to match the everyday challenges for its owner. In Spring 1996, the young talent Narcisso Rodriguez became head of design at Cerruti. Appointing young and promising names for the design position of well-established brands, seems to be en vogue in the fashion business since the outstanding success which Tom Ford created for Gucci. But surprisingly, Rodriguez was replaced in mid-1997 by the Greek-American Peter Speliopoulos, who worked for Donna Karan before. 

SIZE: WAIST-32, HIPS-34, LENGTH-28

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 8  ||  Stock # TQI236  ||  $525.00 

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Christian Dior cocoa brown wool suit set which has jacket, trousers and stright skirt. The jacket is double breasted and has large gold buttons with large "CD" on them.  

SIZE: Size-14

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 9  ||  Stock # 30798  ||  $100.00 

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Christian Dior light taupe wool pant suit. The jacket is collarless but has fixed lapels that are held inplace with large carved bone buttons. A single button closes the jacket. Shoulder pads. 

SIZE: SIZE-14

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 10  ||  Stock # 30796  ||  $100.00 

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1980s A wonderful Lacroix orange linen suit with large disc coin-like buttons. Rounded neckline and short sleeves. The shoulders are set with large shoulder pads. The right front of the jacket is cut on an angle that allows the large buttons to form a "V" shape. The use of angles is repeated with the pocket flaps set with matching buttons. The skirt is short and slim cut. He is known for his theatrical style that came from his work while in the theatre. This usually shows up with his use of color in the collections he designs. Along with this, he is also known for his 'le pouf' gown (featuring the ball skirt), as well as closing all his haute couture fashion shows with a model dressed up as a bride. Bio source-Wikipedia.org 

SIZE: BUST-34, SKIRT WAIST-26, SKIRT HIPS-38, SKIRT LENGTH-20, JACKET LENGTH-22

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 11  ||  Stock # 27651  ||  $225.00 

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Christian Dior soft brown wool suit with a pleated skirt. The jacket is double breasted with large gold buttons with "CD" on them. The welt pockets on the jacket have never been slit open. 

SIZE: SIZE-12

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 12  ||  Stock # 30797  ||  $100.00 

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c. 1980s Red wool knit zip front jacket by Courreges. Great accent pleating on the shoulders and upper sleeve that extends over and down the back in a gentle curve. Fully lined in red rayon. Though associated most closely with the 1960s, Courreges continued to operate through the 1970s and 80s. In the early 1990s, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac was signed to design the Courreges ready-to-wear lines. The business is still in operation. Bio source-Vintage Fashion Guild 

SIZE: Bust - 38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 13  ||  Stock # 27800  ||  $165.00 

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1980s Donna Karan black wrap dress in wool crepe. The dress has tuxedo style collar and lapels. The front of the dress wraps right over left and snaps at he waist. The left side ties pass through a slit on the left side and wrap around the back to meet and tie with the right side ties. The left side of the dress is gathered up to the waist line at the snap. There are no shoulder pads. The sleeves are long to the wrists and narrow. Donna Karan built her enormous fashion empire in less than a decade on one extraordinarily simple idea: If she needs a particular item of clothing - a bodysuit, a wrap skirt, a chiffon blouse, a longer jacket - then every other woman needs it too. This theory of visually inspired instincts made her one of the top fashion designers in the world. Bio Source- Answers.com  

SIZE: BUST-36, WAIST-28, HIPS-38, LENGTH-38 (size 6)

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 14  ||  Stock # 27698  ||  $198.00 

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c. 1980s Estevez white silk faille jacket with rhinestone cluster button on the waistband center front. The well-padded shoulders have epaulets accented with matching rhinestone cluster buttons. The sleeves have some fullness that is gathered into the two-inch wide cuff which closes with gain the matching rhinestone cluster buttons. b. 1930) Luis Estevez was born in Cuba. After a brief job at Lord & Taylor, he decided to make fashion his career. He attended the Traphagen School of Fashion and then went to Paris to work for Patou for two years. In 1955 he began designing under his own name at Grenelle-Estevez, a venture that lasted until 1968. He also designed swimwear for Sea Darlings in the 1960s and 70s and men's wear for Jaymar in the 1970s. In 1972 he began designing under a label for actress Eva Gabor, and at the same time, designed for Universal Studios. In 1977, Estevez began doing design work for private clients, many of whom were Hollywood stars. He retired from designing in 1997. Bio source-Vintage Fashion Guild 

SIZE: BUST-38, WAIST-30

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 15  ||  Stock # 27809  ||  $125.00 

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Fendi silk two piece dress with brightly colored "f" on a field on black. The colors are fuchsia, green, teal, and hot pink. The top is a tunic with a slightly scooped neckline and long full sleeves. The tunic drapes freely tot he waistline where an attached 2 inch wide self belt wraps around to the back to tie at center. Off-set on the left at the waist is a fixed pleated panel set with one working button. The skirt is moderately full and falls freely to the hem. 

SIZE: BUST-36, WAIST-28, HIPS-38, TOP LENGTH-30

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 16  ||  Stock # 29669  ||  $325.00 

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Gianni Versace black leather and jersey evening gown. The gown has a low draped neckline. The leather covers the back of the dress and wraps around to the far right front side. The leather, on the back of the dress, is set and sewn into large patchwork blocks. The jersey is straight seamed down the left side seam and then swag draped across the front of the dress where it meets the leather and is joined in a seam line down to the mid-thigh where the split begins. The dress is fully lined in black silk. The shoulders are different, on the right side the leather is used in a rolled manner around the underarm up onto and over the shoulder for the strap. On the left side the jersey joins the back leather in a simple shoulder. There is no zipper in this dress it is wiggle in and wiggle out. One of the most innovative fashion designers of the 20th century, Gianni Versace (1946-1997) startled the world with his clothes made from metal, plastic, and leather, and delighted ballet and opera lovers with his stunning theatrical costumes. Versace socialized with celebrities, who loved and wore his expensive clothing. The world was shocked when the designer was murdered outside his Florida mansion in 1997. In 1979, Versace, who was always greatly concerned with his image, began a collaboration with the American photographer Richard Avedon. In 1982, Versace won the first of a series of awards, "L'Occhio d'Oro," (Golden Eye) for the best fashion designer of the 1982-83 fall/winter collection for women. In this collection he displayed his famous metal garments, now a classic feature of his fashion. His metal mesh dress was inspired by the punk fashions he saw in London in 1980. To develop the mesh material, Versace worked with German engineers. In later collections, metal dresses were made in bright colors. In the 1980s, Versace introduced another technological innovation, the bonding of leather to rubber using lasers. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-27, HIPS-36, LENGTH-56

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 17  ||  Stock # 30600  ||  $1250.00 

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Givenchy wool navy blue suit with a navy blue and green plaid skirt and accents on the jacket. The simple navy blue jacket has patch pockets and is lined in the blue and green plaid wool that matches the little gathered skirt. The skirt is fully lined. Because of the emphasis on line rather than decoration, Givenchy's designs were easy to adapt, endearing him to the many American manufacturers who interpreted them. Givenchy himself helped to make his clothes accessible to a much wider market in the early prelicensing years, designing junior sportswear to be made by American manufacturers with American fabrics, for Seventeen and Glamour magazines. The caption for Glamour ' December 1955 cover, featuring a Givenchy sweater, spoke directly to the appeal of his designs: "The Givenchy marks young chic...meant for long, lean people in pipe stem skirts...for when they want to look casual in a worldly way." 

SIZE: BUST-38, SKIRT WAIST-28, SKIRT HIPS-38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 18  ||  Stock # 30037  ||  $95.00 

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Gucci red print silk blouse. The print is a floral plaid in black and two tones of red. The neckline is high with a wrap around sash tie. The buttons are off-set across the left shoulder. Sleeves are full with wide cuffs with matching black buttons. The House of Gucci was founded in 1921 by Guccio Gucci. In 1938, Gucci expanded and a boutique was opened in Rome. Guccio was responsible for designing many of the company's products. In 1947, Gucci introduced the bamboo handle handbag, which is still a company mainstay. During the 1950s, Gucci also developed the trademark striped webbing, which was derived from the saddle girth, and the suede moccasin with a metal horsebit. His wife Aida Calvelli had a large family, though only the sons—Vasco, Aldo, Ugo, and Rodolfo—would play a role in leading the company. After Guccio's death in 1953, Aldo helped lead the company to a position of International prominence, opening the company’s first boutique in New York. Even in Gucci’s fledgling years, the family was notorious for its ferocious infighting. Disputes regarding inheritances, stock holdings, and day-to-day operations of the stores often divided the family and led to alliances. Gucci expanded overseas, board meetings about the company’s future often ended with tempers flaring and luggage and purses flying. Gucci targeted the Far East for further expansion in the late 1960s, opening stores in Hong Kong and Tokyo. At that time, the company also developed its famous GG logo (Guccio Gucci's initials), the Flora silk scarf (worn prominently by Hollywood actress Grace Kelly), and the Jackie O shoulder bag, made famous by Jackie Kennedy, the wife of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. 

SIZE: BUST-38, LENGTH-27

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 19  ||  Stock # 29677  ||  $185.00 

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Guy Laroche cotton dress in a wide pattern of red, yellow and white on a black field. The bodice is lapped right to left creating a deep v-neckline. The short sleeves are cut in one with the bodice. The skirt is straight and narrow with a fuller shorter matching skirt over the top that is gathered up to the waistline just left of center front. A matching belt passes through a bunched knot and closes at the center back. Center back zipper. Larouche opened his own couture house in 1956 on Avenue Franklin Roosevelt in Paris, at the age of 37. His first collection, shown in his apartment, was one of subtle sophistication, reminiscent of Balenciaga's restrained elegance: simple tops that spread into huge bouffant skirts with baroque inspired, twisted drapes, or relaxed short evening dresses in black silk chiffon, with elegant capes bordered in satin ribbon. Later collections were more feminine, fun, and younger in feel: short puffed hems and schoolgirl dresses or delicate gathered drapes and scallop-effect necklines. Guy Laroche clothes were particularly noted for their skillful cutting and tailoring. 

SIZE: BUST-36, WAIST-26, HIPS-38, LENGTH-38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 20  ||  Stock # 29652  ||  $145.00 

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Halston red and white silk polka dot shirt style day dress with self sash belt. Halston achieved great fame after designing the pillbox hat Jacqueline Kennedy wore to her husband's 1961 presidential inauguration, and when he moved to designing women's wear, Newsweek dubbed him "the premier fashion designer of all America." His designs were worn by Bianca Jagger, Liza Minnelli, Anjelica Huston, Lauren Bacall, Babe Paley, and Elizabeth Taylor, setting a style that would be closely associated with the international jet set of the era. A clothing designer of the 1970s. His long dresses or copies of his style were popular fashion wear in mid-1970s discotheques. 

SIZE: BUST-40, WAIST-40, HIPS-40, LENGTH-41

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 21  ||  Stock # 29625  ||  $145.00 

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Judith Leber taupe leather handbag with long shoulder strap. Pleated front and inner pockets. Nice two-tone brass clsing clasp. 

SIZE:

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 22  ||  Stock # 30793  ||  $165.00 

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Laura Biagiotti silk print dress in black, grey and white with a large matching silk scarf. Rounded neckline with a center front v-line. Full Bishops sleeves. The bodice is loose and flowing and overlong and is made to blouse out over the narrow gathered and elasticized waist band. Laura Biagiotti brought a romantic and feminine element into Italian fashion expressed through Cashmere, silk and taffeta. After realizing the potential in pret-a-porter in 65 she created Biagiotte Export a company which manufactured and exported the high-fashion creations of Rome. Biagiotti acquired a knitwear company and began her fascination with the use of cashmere for high fashion. This designer created clothing for women like herself not for abstract creatures that walked the runways. She believes in fashion that is easy to wear. during the 80s her style became more refined 

SIZE: BUST-40, WAIST-36, HIPS-50, LENGTH-51

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 26  ||  Stock # 30032  ||  $200.00 

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c.1980s Green print laine, silk and wool jersey Leonard sheath with matching tie belt with brass tassels. A wonderful texture to the print gives the dress depth. A center back zipper closes the dress. In 1954, Frenchman Daniel Tribouillard joined the textile firm of Jacques Leonard. In 1958 the company decided to expand into garment-making, and Tribouillard was made the designer of this new business, Leonard Fashion. The company was known for their brightly colored prints, which are ofter comparied to those of Pucci. Starting around 1970, Leonard used a printed silk jersey for his designs. Leonard is still open today, with over 100 boutiques worldwide. The designer is now Veronique Leroy, with Daniel Tribouillard acting as CEO of the company. 

SIZE: BUST-40, WAIST-38, HIPS-38, LENGTH-41

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 27  ||  Stock # 28531  ||  $385.00 

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1980s A bright Leonard silk brocade evening gown in angled bands of floral and geometric designs in pink, purple and gold on alternating fields of gold, blck and green. The neckline is low and squared-off with large bell sleeves with an attached drape that trails off the back of the sleeve. The sleeves are lined in sheer black silk organza. The full skirt joins the bodice at the natural waistline. The skirt has anunder skirt of black acetate with an eight wide hem with a layer of buckram within to help the bottom of the full skirt stand out and away from the body. In 1954, Frenchman Daniel Tribouillard joined the textile firm of Jacques Leonard. In 1958 the company decided to expand into garment-making, and Tribouillard was made the designer of this new business, Leonard Fashion. The company was known for their brightly colored prints, which are ofter comparied to those of Pucci. Starting around 1970, Leonard used a printed silk jersey for his designs. Leonard is still open today, with over 100 boutiques worldwide. The designer is now Veronique Leroy, with Daniel Tribouillard acting as CEO of the company. Bio source-Vintage Fashion Guild 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-24, HIPS-full, LENGTH-56

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 28  ||  Stock # 27811  ||  $485.00 

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c. 1985 This Louis Feraud silk shirtwaist dress is from his German ready-to-wear line. The print is small multi-colored splatters of green, red, pink, blue, yellow and black set on a white background. Shoulder yokes set with large shoulder pads. The long sleeves are tightly gathered into the top seam line at the shoulder. Center front MOP buttons close the dress elastic waistline. No belt comes with this dress. In 1950, Louis Feraud created his first "Maison de Couture" in Cannes and by 1955 had established a couture house in Paris on the Rue du Faubourg Saint Honore. From the mid 1950s he was dressing the Parisian elite and designed the wardrobe of Brigitte Bardot for many of her movies. It wasn't however until 1958 that he presented his first haute couture collection in Paris. The early 1960s saw Louis Feraud hire the young unknown designers Jean-Louis Scherrer and Per Spook. In 1970 he signed a contract with Fink (Germany) for a ladies' pret-a-porter (ready-to-wear) collection. The year 1978 was an excellent one for Feraud: he won the "Golden Thimble Award" for his Spring/Summer 1978 Haute Couture Collection. He went on to claim this accolade again in 1984. Bio Source-Wikipedia.org 

SIZE: BUST-38, WAIST-30, HIPS-40, LENGTH-45

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 29  ||  Stock # 27619  ||  $125.00 

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c. 1980s Black accordian pleated wide legged trousers. Center back zipper and no waistband. 

SIZE: WAIST-28, HIPS-40, INSEAM LENGTH-26, OUTSEAM LENGTH-43

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 30  ||  Stock # 26443  ||  $235.00 

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C.1980s I love Mary McFadden! This is great white quilted jacket with off-set snap closure with a curving edge line exemplifies her love of Chinese style and quilting. Two little hidden slit pocket on the set along the seam lines on the front of the jacket. Kimono style sleeves. With an artist's sensitivity to color, harmony, and proportion, Mary McFadden successfully designed original clothing for nearly 20 years. Her distinctive garments reflect an avid study of ancient and ethnic cultures. Inspired by the art and artifacts of Greece, Byzantium, South America and China. 

SIZE: BUST 34

CONDITION: Excellent - Mint 

INDEX # 31  ||  Stock # 26925  ||  $185.00 

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c.1980s Mignon of Paris white silk chiffon with a teal and sea foam green pattern. This is old store stock with original store tags still attached. The dress is in a double layer with a sheath style dress of white silk chiffon set on white rayon with thin shoulder straps. Over the sheath's bodice is a full bodice in white silk chiffon with the teal and seafoam print. The bodice blouses and has full poet sleeves with buttoned cuffs. Several rows of ruching run across the shoulders. An applied panel of draped an pleated matching printed chiffon attaches at the natural waist and extends down through the hips lapping to the left of center. The narrow shirt is several layers of the chiffon over the under layer of rayon. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-25, HIPS-36, LENGTH-44

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 32  ||  Stock # 27523  ||  $225.00 

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Moschino Couture black silk halter dress with white polka dots. The halter bodice begins behind the waistband covering the bust and tying at the base of the neck. The waistband is free along the top edge. Attached at the side seams are matching silk ties that tie at the center back. side seam zipper. the skirt is slender and form fitting. Mid-way on the left side seam of the skirt a triple row of shirring is used to draw the side of skirt up to expose leg. In 1988, he launched his Cheap and Chic line, a collection of lower priced but equally whimsical designs. Since his untimely death in 1994, Moschino’s spirited legacy continues with his closest collaborator, Rossella Jardini, at the design helm of the company —expanding it from cheeky chic fashion offerings to perfume and accessories. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-30, HIPS-38, LENGTH-49

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 33  ||  Stock # 29676  ||  $575.00 

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Norma Kamali black silk jacquard evening gown. The gown ha thin shoulder straps. The front of the bodice is slip cut and the back has an athletic cut, very narrow center back panel. The gown is shaped to the body with body darts and then flairs out towards the bottom with a very 30s feel. Norma Kamali grew up on the upper east-side of Manhattan, New York. As a child, Kamali was interested in becoming a painter to express her inner self. Later, the rather shy Kamali found another way to express herself: experimenting with unique fabric combinations in her dress. From 1961 to 1964 Kamali attended the Fashion Institute of Technology where she received her bachelor’s in fashion illustration. After college, Kamali worked for one year as a freelance fashion illustrator. Because she wanted to travel to gain a broader exposure to fashion, she worked as a clerk for Northwest Orient Airlines from 1966 to 1967. In 1967 Kamali decided to launch her own business, Kamali Fashion Imports, for which she designed and imported garments sold out of her basement. One of Kamali’s first designs, t-shirts with rhinestone studs, snakeskin, appliqués, or leather, received recognition in several magazine editorials which generated a large volume of consumer demand. In 1974 Kamali relocated her business to Madison Avenue where she continued to create unique designs with innovative fabrics and silhouettes. She designed a line of parachute clothing from real silk parachutes and developed a coat from a sleeping bag that is now part of the costume collection at the Metropolitan Museum. The recognition she received from these collections also provided her with the opportunity to create original costumes for the Emerald City in Sydney Lumet’s film The Wiz (1978). Kamali’s experimentation with swimwear fabric in 1978 resulted in the “pull bikini,â€� a revealing, drawstring, two-piece suit. The suit was modeled by Christie Brinkley for the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine. The pull bikini received international recognition and pushed Kamali to the forefront of the swimwear business. The increase in demand for her designs led Kamali to open a second operation, OMO (On My Own), in 1978 on West 56th Street. Kamali introduced her first ready-to-wear collection in 1981, a fleece-based collection of sweatshirts embellished with interesting decorative details. This collection, licensed to Jones Apparel Group, was her first venture into licensing. In 1982 she signed another licensing agreement with Renown to distribute her designs in Japan and the Orient. This new expansion allowed Kamali to open world headquarters in 1983 on West 56th Street with administrative offices, a showroom, and a design studio. 

SIZE: BUST-32, WAIST-28, HIPS-34, LENGTH-53

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 34  ||  Stock # 29649  ||  $265.00 

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Oleg Cassini black silk knit dress with tightly ruched front bodice that dips below the waistline on the sides and the fabric knots at the center front. The knot motif is repeated at the center top of the bodice. The ruching on the back of the bodice is much gentler with a fuller draping below the waistline. the skirt is gathered into the waistline seam. Center back zipper. There are various pulls to the jersey on the front bodice. Oleg Cassini has had an extremely varied, glamorous, and exotic career but is perhaps best known for the personal style and clothing he developed when official designer for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in 1961. He worked closely with Mrs. Kennedy, a personal friend, and together they created many widely copied garments that became American fashion classics and firmly established Kennedy as a style leader. 

SIZE: BUST-32, WAIST-25, HIPS-36, LENGTH-48

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 35  ||  Stock # 29002  ||  $295.00 

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Oleg Cassini black sequin evening dress with a plunging back. The neckline is a slight scoop and the shoulders are et with large shoulder pads. The sleeves reach to just below the elbow. The sequins are set on a dress of black stretch jersey. In 1950 the designer opened Oleg Cassini Inc., his ready-to-wear dress firm in New York, with $100,000-worth of backing. Femininity quickly became the keyword in describing his work; he produced dresses made from soft, romantic fabrics like lace, taffeta, and chiffon. He popularized ladylike fashion innovations, such as the A-line, the smart little white-collared dress, the sheath, the knitted suit, and dresses with minute waistlines. Military details such as brass buttons and braid were also popular features. In the 1960s the Cassini look evolved to incorporate ease and simplicity. The straight, lined cocktail and evening dresses popularized by Jackie Kennedy were customer favorites, as were his plain, boxy jacket suits. Retiring from his ready-to-wear and couture business in 1963, Cassini's next venture was a ready-to-wear business in partnership with his brother Igor. He presented a menswear collection for the first time, breaking tradition by introducing color to shirts that had always been white, and teaming them with traditional three-piece suits. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-30, HIPS-36, LENGTH-44

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 36  ||  Stock # 29358  ||  $195.00 

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Oscar de La Renta black velvet and silk evening gown with a silver beaded flower accenting the center front bodice. The upper bodice, shoulders and long narrow sleeves are black silk velvet. The bust area is a white tulle over velvet set with silver sequins and set with a single bead. The flower matches the bust panel. The flowing skirt of black silk joins the bodice above the natural waistline. The neckline is very deeply cut. The hem of the skirt is rounded at the center front and is slit partially up the center front. Throughout his career, de la Renta has concentrated on simple shapes and silhouettes to create dramatic and flashy statements. He has an inherent feeling for women's femininity and established fashion classics, such as variations of his portrait dresses in taffeta, chiffon, or velvet with ruffled necklines or cuffs, or his ornate luncheon suits, embroidered in costume jewelry and gold. Since founding his own company in 1967 to produce luxury women's ready-to-wear, de la Renta expanded to create jewelry, household linens, menswear, and perfumes. These products are marketed and sold all over Europe, Asia, and South and North America. 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-34, HIPS-42, LENGTH-55

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 38  ||  Stock # 29645  ||  $245.00 

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c.1980s Poi by Kriza navy blue cotton structured blouse with multiply rows of narrow elastic around the waistline. Small standing collar and center front buttons and two large patch breast pockets. Established in 1954 by husband and wife team Aldo Pinto and Mariuccia Mandelli, the company and label Krizia was named after a Plato treatise on vanity. Taking the name to heart, Mariuccia Mandelli, the designer behind the label developed a style and look worthy of its ancient origin. Classical and experimental at the same time, Krizia has been the choice of the fashion elite since the company's inception. Mariuccia Mandelli is a master of "contradictions" using opposing sides to create a design. But instead of chaos, she brings order to opposing ideas. The result is - a magnificent design, perfect in its simplicity of execution. 

SIZE: Bust - 38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 39  ||  Stock # 28404  ||  $115.00 

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c. 1980s Saint Laurent number couture red linen jacket with red snakeskin belt. The belt loops on the jacket match the belt. Saint Laurent has created a unique style that for decades has been synonymous of the most refined and modern elegance. He was the first, in the 60s to understand that haute couture could take its inspiration from the street, not limiting itself to be a closed world without any relation with everyday life. His first collection for Christian Dior in 1958, after his mentor's death, was a big sensation. In the elegant rooms of Avenue Montaigne, he introduced a gritty and irreverent new look, very nonpolitically correct for the formality of the period. It was already possible to sense the originality of the new designer, who, during all his career, has been a constant innovator, a modernizer of the female image. Decades before Giorgio Armani he had the intuition to glamorize for women some items taken from the male wardrobe, such as the blazer, the tuxedo, the pant suit, the leather jacket. His devouring passion for art has enabled him to create clothes inspired by Picasso, Matisse, Braque, David Hockney, Mondrian, etc. in a time when coupling art with fashion was not yet an abused idea as it is today. Again, much in advance on others, he was the first to enrich his collections with ethnic and folk elements coming from Africa, Spain, Morocco, Russia and China. His enduring love for the theatre and for literature, Marcel Proust being his tutelary deity, have also been transposed into his clothes. Bio Source-Wikipedia.org 

SIZE: Bust - 34

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 40  ||  Stock # 27650  ||  $385.00 

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Scaasi black velvet evening gown with black lace insets. The gown has a deeply scooped neckline that is also very widely spaced so that it rests out at the very edge of your shoulders. The long narrow sleeves have a tiny zipper that closes at the wrists. Just beneath the bust line the first of three inset lace panels begins. The lace is set over flesh tone silk tulle. In 1956 Scaasi did his first ready-to-wear collection, which was an success. In the next few years he did menswear and costume jewelry, but in 1964 he scaled back on these operations to concentrate on his new made-to-order salon. He made extravagant clothing for many of the country's most famous women, including First Ladies, actresses and socialites. The Scaasi Boutique label was started in 1984. This line was top quality ready-to-wear, and was beautifully made and quite expensive. 

SIZE: BUST-32, WAIST-28, HIPS-34, LENGTH-57

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 41  ||  Stock # 29643  ||  $325.00 

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C. 1980s or 1990s A lovely black St. John's knit evening gown with open back that has a cross strap accented with two star-busts jet ornaments. Empire front bust line. The front sides are cut in for maximum expose of the sides of the body. Center back zipper. 

SIZE: BUST-38, WAIST-34 ,HIPS-38,LENGTH-56

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 42  ||  Stock # 27318  ||  $275.00 

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Stephan Burrows black wool coat with black mink tails accenting the shoulder seams. The coat has black leather collar and does not have any closures. Lined in across the upper back and top front panels with black rayon. Stephen Burrows, award winning fashion designer, was the first African American fashion designer to achieve international acclaim. Soon after graduating from the Fashion Institute of Technology in 1966, Burrows launched a ready-to-wear collection with friend Roz Rubenstein for Bonwit Teller in 1969. Later that year Joel Schumacher, Visual Director at Henri Bendel, introduced Stephen to Bendel’s legendary Fashion Director Geraldine Stutz. Geraldine was impressed; she hired Stephen on the spot. 

SIZE: BUST-42, LENGTH-41

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 43  ||  Stock # 29644  ||  $345.00 

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INDEX # 44  ||  Stock # 30040  ||  

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1980s Ungaro silk blouse with a mushrooms and flower print in pinks and reds and green. The front of the blouse drapes right over left and creates a deeply cut v-shape at center front. The shoulders are set wide and flow into the long narrow sleeves. Ungaro's designs have been intended to convey sex appeal without being vulgar. He has said that when doing a dress he would always ask himself if the woman in the dress would be seductive. Women and music are his inspiration. One can only guess if a particular collection has been created while Ungaro was listening to Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Stravinsky, or Ravel. Certainly his designs possess the contrast and harmony, repose and counterpoint of a musical composition. By the mid-1980s an Ungaro dress could be immediately identified by its diagonally draped and shirred skirt, wide shoulders gathered into gigot sleeves buttoned at the wrist, wrapped V-neckline, or jewel-toned silk jacquard fabric. Bio source-Answers.com 

SIZE: Bust - 40

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 45  ||  Stock # 27697  ||  $98.00 

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"Valentino red, black and tan wool plaid coat and matching silk blouse. The blouse has a zipper front closure that opens tot eh mid-way point on the bodice. Four patch pockets accent this sporty blouse. This ensemble is very Hepburn to me. The open matching wool plaid coat has no closures and is after the 30s style of coats. In 1960, Valentino established his own salon on the fashionable Via Condotti in Rome. Two years later he did his first ready-to-wear collection. He also showed his collection at the Pitti Palace in Florence in the same year, a move which led to greater exposure and set him as a major Italian designer. ""Creativity, said Valentino, ""is difficult to explain, it is like an internal force, an enthusiasm that never wanes and gives me the strength to continue working in new ways. As I look at things and people in the street, my imagination continues to march and my ideas take shape through my pencil"". His volcanic flow of new ideas for women and refined elegance left its indelible mark in the jet set. Valentino's work is grand and dramatic. This makes his designs perfect as wedding dresses, including those of Jackie Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis (from the 1968 White collection) and Elizabeth Taylor in 1991 ( her eighth marriage!). Over the years, Valentino has added various ready-to-wear lines, including ones for men, children, the home, and young adults, called Oliver. This line was named for one of his pug dogs. His labels and designs often have his trademark V incorporated in them, and there is a special shade of red that is associated with Valentino." 

SIZE: BUST-38, COAT LENGTH-35

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 47  ||  Stock # 30039  ||  $165.00 

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Valentino red and white linen suit. The red linen jacket has a center front zipper and snaps to close. The sleeves are short with a white turned back cuff. The peaked lapels are also white. Four little pockets accent the jacket and are set with buttons. The white linen skirt is gently gathered intot eh waistband and has a single slit-kick-pleat with rounded corners. In 1960, Valentino established his own salon on the fashionable Via Condotti in Rome. Two years later he did his first ready-to-wear collection. He also showed his collection at the Pitti Palace in Florence in the same year, a move which led to greater exposure and set him as a major Italian designer. Valentino's work is grand and dramatic. This makes his designs perfect as wedding dresses, including those of Jackie Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis (from the 1968 White collection) and Elizabeth Taylor in 1991 ( her eighth marriage!). Over the years, Valentino has added various ready-to-wear lines, including ones for men, children, the home, and youn 

SIZE: BUST-38, WAIST-28, HIPS-38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 48  ||  Stock # 30038  ||  $95.00 

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Valentino bright yellow wool swing coat with matching tie belt. Wide pointed collar and long to the wrist sleeves that have a small turned back cuff. There are some moth munches on the coat but not all the way through. Over the years, Valentino has added various ready-to-wear lines, including ones for men, children, the home, and young adults, called Oliver. This line was named for one of his pug dogs. His labels and designs often have his trademark V incorporated in them, and there is a special shade of red that is associated with Valentino. 

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CONDITION: Very Good 

INDEX # 49  ||  Stock # 30041  ||  $75.00 

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Versace black qianna knit asymmetrical dress perfect for a night at a club. The right side of the dress is draped to the curved seam line that curves across the front of the dress from left to right. So the right side is all gathered and the left side lays flat. A marching ruffle edges the curved seam line. One of the most innovative fashion designers of the 20th century, Gianni Versace (1946-1997) startled the world with his clothes made from metal, plastic, and leather, and delighted ballet and opera lovers with his stunning theatrical costumes. At the beginning of 1978, the company opened its first Versace shop in Via Spiga, Milan, but it sold only Genny, Callaghan, and Complice lines as Versace's first fall women's collection had not yet been released. Versace's first signature collection was presented in March 1978. His first menswear collection followed in September. The collection was characterized by a stylish nonchalance and the use of pastel colors. 

SIZE: BUST-32, WAIST-28, HIPS-34, LENGTH-36

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 50  ||  Stock # TQI235  ||  $325.00 

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C.1980s Black silk satin suit with rhinestones buttons by Victor Costa, it looks like it came from Joan Collins trailer from the TV show Dynasty. The signature 80s large shoulder pads, large rhinestone and black onyx like center buttons are decorative and the jacket closes with large fabric covered snaps. Large pocket flaps without any actual pockets. The skirt is very tight and short without a kick pleat. 

SIZE: BUST-34, SKIRT WAIST-24,SKIRT HIPS-34, JACKET LENGTH-, SKIRT LENGTH-24

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 52  ||  Stock # 26399  ||  $225.00 

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C.1980 Costa has parlayed his early training into a multimillion-dollar business. He travels to Europe frequently to attend the haute couture, pret-a-porter fashion shows, and Premier Vision fabrics. His ability to comprehend couture and ready-to-wear fashions is a complex and masterful talent. Great black velvet wiggle dress with a hot pink draped and pleated low waist sash that has a huge puff at center back with streamers draping down the skirt back. The front neckline is high and slight oval. The sleeves are long and narrow with a narrow band at the cuff. The dress is fitted tightly through the body and has a deep v-back-line that ends just above the pink puff. 

SIZE: BUST- 35, WAIST- 26, HIPS- 38, DRESS LENGTH-41

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 53  ||  Stock # 27033  ||  $225.00 

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c. 1980s Victor Costa evening gown in green, yellow, purple and blue gold metallic silk brocade. The bodice is pleated and draped off the shoulder that wraps around the back of the gown at the shoulders creating a stole like effect. In the front on the bodice the pleated and draped fabric angles down and crosses right to left and left to right. The left drape terminates at the left side seam where as the right drape is tacked at the waistline and then drapes freely down the slim wrap skirt of the gown. The gown long skirt is a wrap around with the right side coming across right to left with a curved edge. "The word 'fashion' would not exist if there were no copying," Costa said in the Baltimore Jewish Times in the fall of 1989. "The mirroring of the highest standard has been the basis of our society from Day One. There's a Rolls Royce, a Tiffany, a Beluga caviar" and there's a customer who knows and wants what is considered the ultimate. It takes talent to look at the world and see what is in the wind for his customer so that she always looks pretty and feels provoked to buy." Victor Costa quote from answers.com  

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-28, HIPS-38, LENGTH-56

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 54  ||  Stock # 27846  ||  $120.00 

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Yves Saint Laurent dark navy blue herringbone pin stripe pant suit with an Eton style jacket. High waisted trousers with small belt loops. The jacket has a wide collar and short thick lapels. Chased chrome buttons close the center front. Two side short belts are attached to the jacket via two matching chrome buttons. The trousers are unlined but the jacket is lined. Saint Laurent opened his own studio in 62 presenting his first signed collection. His success was immediate. His designs were an instant hit with French and American high society alike. He was appreciated for his understated style and beautiful fabrics. His early collections were inspired by art, history and dance. From the success of 1970 Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche became the leading exporter of women's luxury ready-to-wear. Saint Laurent had a penchant, as did Chanel, for putting tailored cuts and the main features of the male wardrobe into his womens wear collections.  

SIZE: BUST-40, JKT WAIST-34, PANT WAIST-26, HIPS-40, OUTSEAM LENGTH-38

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 55  ||  Stock # 30016  ||  $225.00 

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Yves Saint Laurent teal wool jacket with asymmetrical closing with textured chrome dome shaped buttons. The jacket has very wide peaked collar and lapels. The left lapel is shorter than the right which balances beautifully with eh curve of the button placket. large patch pocket with an accent matching button. Saint Laurent opened his own studio in 62 presenting his first signed collection. His success was immediate. His designs were an instant hit with French and American high society alike. He was appreciated for his understated style and beautiful fabrics. His early collections were inspired by art, history and dance. From the success of 1970 Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche became the leading exporter of women's luxury ready-to-wear. Saint Laurent had a penchant, as did Chanel, for putting tailored cuts and the main features of the male wardrobe into his womens wear collections.  

SIZE: BUST-38, WAIST-34, HIPS-40, LENGTH-25

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 56  ||  Stock # 30017  ||  $165.00 

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c.1980s YSL rive gauche black linen dress shown in the pictures with a stock belt there are also pictures of it unbelted as originally sold. I use the belt to give it a bit of an update. The slightly scooped neckline hooks above the vee. Bertha collar and wide kimono sleeves. Algerian-born French fashion designer. He left for Paris after secondary school to pursue a fashion career and at 17 was hired as Christian Dior's assistant. When Dior died four years later, he was named head of the House of Dior. In 1962 he opened his own fashion house and quickly emerged as one of the world's most influential designers. He popularized trousers for women for both city and country wear. Metallic and transparent fabrics were prominent in his late '60s collections; in the 1970s, inspired by ethnic costume, he introduced the haute peasant look. During the 1960s and '70s his enterprises expanded to include ready-to-wear licenses, accessories, household linens, fragrances, and men's clothes in addition to his couture business. He retired in 2002 BIO SOURCE:WIKIPEDIA 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-28, HIPS-FULL

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 57  ||  Stock # 28394  ||  $375.00 

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c.1980s Yves Sant Laurant's rive gauche black velvet and silk evening gown. The neckline is scooped above a simply evolved bodice and wrist length narrow sleeves. The draped skirt joins the velvet bodice in a curved and sweeping line that falls below the natural waist. The skirt is gathered up at the right hip beneath a large draped matching black velvet bow. The dress closes up the left side seam. Yves St. Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to find work in fashion. He was soon hired by Christian Dior as an assistant. They worked together for several years, and when Dior died in 1957, St. Laurent was made the head designer. His first collection, Spring 1958, was called the Trapeeze, and was an immediate hit. But subsequent collections were not so well received, and when Laurent returned to Paris after a brief time in the army, he found that he had been replaced at Dior by Marc Bohan. In 1962 he opened his own couture house. Rive Gauche, his ready-to-wear line, was established in 1966. St. Laurent's influence was immediate and far-reaching. Among his successes - the Mondrian collection in 1965, Le Smoking tuxedo suits of 1967 and beyond, the Safari suits of 1968 and the Russian inspired collection of 1976. St. Laurent retired in 2002. His couture atelier was closed, but the Rive Gauche line continued to be designed by Tom Ford, who started there in 2001. In 2004, Ford left Saint Laurent, and Ford's assistant, Stefano Pilati was named the new creative director 

SIZE: BUST-34, WAIST-32, HIPS-36, LENGTH-58

CONDITION: Excellent 

INDEX # 58  ||  Stock # 28586  ||  $450.00 

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