Vintage Rust Burgundy Silk Kimono w/ Gold Metallic Embroidery for Fall

This is an absolutely stunning vintage Geoffrey Beene monochromatic dress and coat ensemble in a gorgeous burgundy wool and alpaca fabric. We love vintage Geoffrey Beene pieces and a...

This is a two piece vintage black alpaca dress and coat ensemble from Geoffrey Beene from the Fall 1999 collection. This outfit includes a midi length bla...

This is a fabulous red topstitched textured silk avant garde jacket custom made in Thailand. This jacket has a narrow hip fit with a wider upper body....

We love this incredible red oversized Escada vintage coat, designed by Margaretha Ley. The red blend 30% Lama 25% New Wool 25% Alpaca 20% Mohair. is slightly felted and textured. Thi...

This is a late 1970's or early 1980's gorgeous rich red mohair blend cape with a hood from Anne Klein for Robinson & Golluber. The cape closes at the neck with a single wood button ...

This beautiful Valentino jacket is in a raspberry red wool angora blend and is lined in silk. The jacket has a fabric belt and is double breasted. The Valentino L...

Circa 1880- 1900 South Tunisia Rare Berber Djellaba or Djebba that I bought in Matmata at the doors of the desert and dating from the end of the 19th century. Sheep wool background woven on handloom and dyed from cochineal red to brick colour with colour variations. Traditional floche silk embroidery on the open collar, shoulders and sleeve opening with matching tassels. Small pink woolen bias on the rubbing parts. Plastron with very nice arabic-andalusian graphics. The 19th century North African pieces...

A rare and coveted Pleats Please by Issey Miyake dress from the collaboration with Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, Guest Artist Series No. 4, 1998. It can be worn as a dress or a jacket. The mind-boggling process of creating the design by sprinkling gunpowder onto the patterns and evoking a detonation is shown in the YouTube video above (an even more prolonged and more detailed version here). Asymmetrical cut, pleated throughout. Bat look shoulders and sleeves! 100% polyester. Made in Japan. A dress of this series is held by the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute archives. They state: "Miyake launched the Pleats Please Guest Artist Series in 1996. For the fourth collaboration in the series, Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang used gunpowder explosions to burn images of dragons, a Chinese symbol for life, onto a group of finished white garments. To produce the line, Miyake adjusted the images for printing on flat fabric before cutting, sewing, and pleating." Kerry Taylor...

A fabulous Bernetti 1960s 2 piece evening ensemble: Citrine silk opera coat and column dress with extravagant hand-sewn beadwork and rhinestone embroi...

This Valentino coat is constructed from pink cable ribbed wool cloth. It has a flattering swing cut and would be a wonderful option for evenings. Featuring a black cotton velvet sta...

Circa 1920/1940 England Beautiful evening cape or oriental Burnous in Duchesse silk satin black labelled Bradley 1870, Court Dressmaker, Chepstow Place, Bayswater, London W. Large ...

1960s Townley Evening Blue Silk Wrap Coat Dress. Perfect for cocktail party. Coat is lined in Green silk. Very elegant. Bust 33” / Waist 28”/ Hip 45” / Coat Length 55” / sleeve lengt...