Passion for Fashion

Passion for Fashion | London

Lot: 1 to 269 - 16th Jun, 2026 9:00
Lot: 270 to 541 - 16th Jun, 2026 14:30

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Lots: 542

Our first Passion for Fashion auction of the year is here!

Hot on the heels of our highly successful auction in America, and just when you thought it was safe to relax – we are back to tempt you yet again!

Passion for Fashion features an exceptional array of Chanel dating from the 1920s to 2017, beginning with a particularly strong group of suits and accessories straight from the iconic runways of the 1990s and early 2000s.

Three contemporary and avant-garde fashion designers are represented with collections towards the start of the sale. Francesco Scognamiglio, known for his beautifully crafted and feminine designs, has become a celebrity favourite in the past decade, and we have pieces in this auction worn by Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Björk, among others. We have a large selection of Michael Halpern designs, recognisable by their bright colours and sculptural quality. And also have a substantial offering of bold and vibrant Alexandre Vauthier haute couture, straight off the runway.

Alexander McQueen is strongly represented, both in designs for his eponymous house and his tenure at Givenchy. Highlights include a heavily embellished ‘Witches of Salem’ gown and a printed silk evening gown from his last collection, ‘Angels and Demons’. Exceptional pieces of Givenchy haute couture by Alexander McQueen don’t often come up for auction, and we are pleased to include several stunning ensembles that show the late designer’s tailoring finesse and eye for historical inspiration.

It wouldn’t be a Kerry Taylor Auctions sale without John Galliano, and this sale contains over 100 pieces by the designer, both for his own house and for Christian Dior. This selection includes pieces going back as early as 1985, including many iconic pieces such as a newsprint-chinchilla fur coat from the ‘Fly Girl’ collection, Maasai necklaces, classic Galliano slip dresses, hand-illustrated designs, and more.

John Dove & Molly White are renowned for their textile prints. They are especially famous for their t-shirts with designs that fused music, fashion and bold graphics. They met at art college in the 60s and formed a design partnership that endures to this day. We present Westwood/McLaren SEX, Seditionaries and World’s End pieces from their collection, in this the 50th anniversary year of the birth of Punk fashion.

Coinciding the Victoria & Albert museum’s exceptional Schiaparelli exhibition, we include a rare ‘centipede’ bracelet (which can also be worn as a brooch), from 1940, a Lesage-embroidered Linton wool coat, and a striped silk ‘Sari’ coat, both illustrated in Vogue in 1936 & 1937. Gabrielle Chanel was famed for her Little Black dresses and we have a fantastic example from 1924 adorned with beaded ‘ribbon’ strands as well as some lovely Gabrielle Chanel accessories from the 1930s. Further icons of 1920s fashion and textiles are represented, with examples from the Wiener Werkstätte, Mariano Fortuny, Maria Gallenga, and Jeanne Lanvin.

Other historical highlights include a mourning bodice which belonged to Queen Victoria in the 1890s, and a wonderful single-family collection of 18th and early 19th-century silk gowns. The jewel in this collection is a fabulous ginger silk grosgrain robe à la française, with drawstrings in the hips for adjustable width.

Spanning 300 years of fashion history through over 540 lots, this sale truly has something for every discerning collector. We look forward to receiving your condition report requests and to hopefully seeing you on one of our busy viewing days!

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Lot 479 - A rare archive of Robert Piguet fashion sketches 1950-51

Sold for £5,980

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 480 - A Jean Dessès haute couture embellished black cocktail dress, circa 1950

Sold for £1,430

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 481 - A large and fine Norman Hartnell fashion illustration by Francis Marshall of H.M.Queen Elizabeth II in her coronation gown, 1953

Sold for £11,050

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 482 - A Hardy Amies embroidered lace bridal gown, late 1940s

Sold for £845

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 483 - A Maggy Rouff watercolour sketch for 'Cafe de Paris', late 1940s-early 1950s

Sold for £1,170

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 484 - A rare Elsa Schiaparelli centipede bracelet, 1940

Sold for £9,100

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 485 - A rare autographed photograph of Elsa Schiaparelli, 1933

Sold for £1,430

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 486 - An Elsa Schiaparelli haute couture black Linton wool evening coat with Lesage embroidered lapels, Autumn-Winter, 1936-37

Sold for £7,800

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 487 - A rare Elsa Schiaparelli haute couture 'Sari' coat, 'Stop, Look and Listen' collection, Spring-Summer 1935

Unsold

Lot 488 - An Elsa Schiaparelli haute couture rosebud and polka-dot printed crêpe ensemble, 1936-38

Sold for £2,600

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 489 - A blue satin bias-cut couture evening gown, possibly Schiaparelli, mid 1930s

Sold for £520

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 490 - A Lucien Lelong beach/summer ensemble, late 1930s

Sold for £390

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 491 - A Jean Patou couture oyster satin evening gown, early 1930s

Sold for £312

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 492 - An Indian-embroidered ivory silk crêpe evening gown, 1930s

Sold for £520

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 493 - A green velvet opera coat, probably Patou, 1928-30 and an ostrich trimmed georgette dress, 1930s

Sold for £715

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 494 - Two evening gowns, 1930s

Sold for £1,560

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 495 - Two silk dresses, 1930s

Sold for £247

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 496 - Two chiffon bias-cut gowns, early 1930s

Sold for £468

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 497 - A Mattli jacket, early 1950s and other clothing belonging to Lady Cécile Kemball Cook (1893-1980)

Sold for £650

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 498 - An Hermès taupe lizard skin evening purse, 1930s

Lot 498 - CITES An Hermès taupe lizard skin evening purse, 1930s

Sold for £585

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 499 - A Lucile Paray haute couture chiffon and lace evening gown, circa 1931

Sold for £910

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 500 - A pair of Gabrielle Chanel red velvet evening gloves, circa 1931

Sold for £3,250

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 501 - A gilt metal and glass bead bracelet, possibly Gabrielle Chanel, late 1930s

Sold for £910

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 502 - A Gabrielle Chanel by Gripoix haute couture pate de verre camelia brooch, circa 1958

Sold for £2,080

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 503 - A Gabrielle Chanel haute couture beaded black georgette 'ribbon' dress, Autumn-Winter 1924-25

Sold for £36,400

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 504 - A Gabrielle Chanel haute couture peach silk chiffon underslip, mid-1920s

Sold for £715

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 505 - A Lucien Lelong haute couture sequined evening gown, circa 1938

Sold for £3,640

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 506 - A Cartier black and gold brocaded silk vanity mirror, 1920s

Unsold

Lot 507 - A Maria Monaci Gallenga red velvet and chiffon 'Theodosia' tea gown, circa 1925

Sold for £18,200

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 508 - A Maria Monaci Gallenga red velvet jacket, 1930s

Sold for £572

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 509 - A Maria Monaci Gallenga stencilled cream chiffon tabard, 1920s

Sold for £1,950

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 510 - A Maria Monaci Gallenga peach velvet coat, 1920s

Sold for £780

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 511 - A Mariano Fortuny stencilled aquamarine velvet opera coat, 1920s

Sold for £7,800

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 512 - A Mariano Fortuny seafoam green pleated silk Delphos dress, 1920s

Sold for £1,950

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 513 - A fine embroidered and beaded chiffon flapper dress, circa 1925

Sold for £780

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 514 - A seafoam-green chiffon and silver lamé flapper dress, circa 1926

Sold for £598

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 515 - A rare Jeanne Lanvin miniature display mannequin designed in collaboration with Atelier Armand-Albert Rateau in original miniature dress, early 1920s

Unsold

Lot 516 - A rare and important Wiener Werkstätte by Joseph Hoffman printed silk voile dress, circa 1920

Unsold

Lot 517 - A Wiener Werkstätte colourblock leather clutch, circa 1920

Sold for £2,470

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 518 - A Wiener Werkstätte black and gold leather cardholder, circa 1920

Sold for £2,600

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 519 - A Wiener Werkstätte beaded reticule, circa 1920

Sold for £572

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 520 - A Wiener Werkstätte beaded reticule, circa 1920

Sold for £2,080

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 521 - A Wiener Werkstätte by Maria Likarz printed silk blouse, the fabric 1927

Sold for £2,080

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 522 - A rare Wiener Werkstätte by Felice Rix-Ueno embroidered wool and burlap panel, circa 1928

Sold for £2,860

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 523 - A Liberty & Co embroidered black velvet cape, 1910-15

Sold for £520

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 524 - Queen Victoria's black silk and lace mourning bodice, circa 1890

Unsold

Lot 525 - A beige silk taffeta pelisse, circa 1810

Sold for £624

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 526 - A beige silk taffeta day dress, circa 1805

Sold for £975

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 527 - An embroidered maroon silk aerophane triangular fichu, late 18th century

Unsold

Lot 528 - An embroidered blue silk wallet, French, second half 18th century

Sold for £520

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 529 - A pair of brown linen strapless stitched stays, American, circa 1790

Sold for £1,560

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 530 - A Cantonese embroidered robe à l'Anglaise, 1780s

Sold for £1,170

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 531 - A fine pair of sablé beaded mules, French, circa 1780

Sold for £7,800

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 532 - A brocaded shot-silk robe à l'Anglaise, American, 1770s

Sold for £1,170

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 533 - A ginger silk gros de Tours robe à la française, 1760s, altered 1770s

Sold for £6,500

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 534 - A yellow, green and pink striped silk taffeta robe a l’anglaise, early 1770s

Sold for £2,080

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 535 - A pale pink silk taffeta robe à la Française, circa 1760

Sold for £2,340

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 536 - A brocaded Spitalfields silk robe à la Française, the fabric 1755-1750, but later altered

Unsold

Lot 537 - A pair of brocaded silk stays and separate sleeves, 1750-70

Sold for £2,470

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 538 - A golden silk damask robe à la Française, 1750s, altered circa 1900

Sold for £2,080

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 539 - A rare woven to shape stomacher panel, probably French, mid 18th century

Sold for £5,460

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)

Lot 540 - A metal bobbin lace-edged christening or bearing cloth, English 17th century

Sold for £598

Buyer's premium: 25% (exclusive of VAT)