We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Fine Vintage Auctions, Fine Vintage fashion,Vintage fashion, Vintage fashion.
We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Accessories sold include shoes, gloves, hats, fans, bags and costume jewellery. The textiles included are wide ranging including lace, linens, quilts, embroided pictures from the 17th to the 19th century centuries, embroided samplers, Paisley, Kashmir and Norwich shawls, Oriental and European textiles, fine vintage, antique fashion plates, literature and fabric swatch books.
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LOT NUMBER: 331
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Passion for Fashion & Fine Textiles including an Important Audrey Hepburn Collection |
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Item Description: |
| A Givenchy black point d'esprit ball gown, 1956, un-labelled, with boned, fitted bodice edged in black lace spangled with sequined, the tulle over-skirt caught into the sequined hem band, bust 76cm, 30in, waist 56cm, 22in; together with a photograph of Audrey holding the Givenchy ball gown which Audrey wore in `Love in the Afternoon', (2) Audrey wore the identical dress in white for her role as Ariane in the film 'Love in the Afternoon' during the Opera scene, released in 1957 (see lot 332) If Audrey liked a particular model she often ordered it in several colour-ways, see lot 326. Hubert de Givenchy also included this model in his haute couture collection, 1956. |
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| Low Estimate |
£ 5000 |
High Estimate |
£ 8000 |
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We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Fine Vintage Auctions, Fine Vintage,Vintage fashion, Vintage fashion.
We hold live auctions. Our fine specialist sales include rare antique garments right through to Street Style by designers such as Emillio Pucci, Ossie Clark, Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin and Vivienne Westwood to sublime Couture confections by Dior, Chanel and Vionnet. Accessories sold include shoes, gloves, hats, fans, bags and costume jewellery. The textiles included are wide ranging including lace, linens, quilts, embroided pictures from the 17th to the 19th century centuries, embroided samplers, Paisley, Kashmir and Norwich shawls, Oriental and European textiles, fine vintage, antique fashion plates, literature and fabric swatch books.