Vintage Fashion, Antique Costume & Textiles

Lot: 1 to 245 - 15th Oct, 2024 9:00
Lot: 246 to 548 - 15th Oct, 2024 14:00

Catalogue: Download PDF catalogue
Lots: 548

Our Autumn vintage fashion and textile sale this year provides a bumper vintage harvest. Comprising 548 lots with pieces dating from the 18^th century to modern designer wear it will be an action-packed day of bidding - make sure to get your energy drinks and protein bars ready!

We start with a large selection of luxury accessories, costume jewellery and designer wear from all your favourites – Chanel, Gucci, Dior, Celine, Prada, Balmain, McQueen. John Galliano’s deft sartorial hand is exemplified by lots Lots 84 and 85 - a dress and belt for his Esquimeau collection, A/W 2002-3.

The sale is packed with cocktail and evening wear for the party season by Yves Saint Laurent, Jenny Packham, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana and others. We have strong Westwood sections from the 1980s right up to the 2020s and other Cool Britannia designers – Ossie Clark and Bill Gibb to name just a few. Every decade of the 20th century or well and truly covered.

The afternoon session kicks off at 2pm with part 1 of Parisian Sweet: The Jackariaeh Francis collection. This collection, built from Jackariaeh’s own wardrobe and extensive global travels, will be sold across three auctions, curated by Kerry Taylor. In this first auction, it focusses on ready-to-wear pieces from Galliano and Gaultier as well as stage-worn celebrity costumes. (lots 246 to 334)

The session ends with antique costume, European and Islamic shawls, textiles and Chinese robes.

Our team looks forward to receiving your condition reports and enquiries.

For more information on how to bid, please click here. Live bidding is now possible via our website on sale day. In order to bid online, please ensure you have created an account with us and that your account is enabled for live bidding - new clients will need to email us a form of photo ID, proof of address and paid invoices from other auction houses where appropriate. Once you have created an account and have been approved to bid, please click the purple 'Pre-register for live bidding' button which will appear on the online catalogue. You then need to accept the terms and conditions to proceed. On the day of the sale, a button marked 'Bid live' will appear on the website and clicking this will allow you to access the live bidding platform. Please note that there is an additional 1.5% charge plus VAT for any lots won via our online bidding platform. Please also note that online bidding is automatically capped at £2,000 in total - if you envisage that you will exceed this amount, please contact us directly so we can remove the bidding cap - we may ask for further information from you before doing this.

Clients who prefer to bid via Invaluable still have this option and can access the catalogue here. Clients who prefer to bid via Drouot still have this option and can access the catalogue here. Please note the charge for bidding online via the Invaluable and Drouot platforms are 3% plus VAT. We strongly advise that you register to bid in advance of the auction and not the day of, as we cannot guarantee approval once the auction has begun.

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