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The Vintage Fashion Guild™ (VFG) is an international organization dedicated to the promotion and preservation of vintage fashion.
The Vintage Fashion Guild™ (VFG) is an international community of people with expertise in vintage fashion. VFG members enjoy a wealth of resources, avenues for promoting their shops and specialties, and camaraderie with others who share a common interest and passion.
Guy Laroche (1923-1989) began as a milliner, first working in Paris, then in New York. He returned to Paris in 1949 and worked as an assistant at Jean Desses for about eight years. In 1957, he opened his own couture house, with the first show being staged in his own apartment. In 1960 he added a ready-to-wear boutique label. Laroche was known as a masterful cutter and tailor.
Laroche died in 1989, and was succeeded in 1993 by Michel Klein, who designed ready-to-wear under his own label, while creating haute couture for the house of Laroche. He was followed by Alber Elbaz in 1997. From 2004 through 2006, the designer was Herve Leroux (previously known as Herve Leger). In 2007, designer Marcel Marongiu became the Artistic Director of Guy Laroche.
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from a mid-1960s dress & jacket
from a late-1970s dress
from a late-1970s denium suit
from a 1980s teddy
from a 1980s camisole
from a 1980s dress (label used 1974-1995)
from a 1980s dress
from a 1980s skirt
from a Ready-to-Wear S/S 1986 jacket
from a Haute Couture S/S 1986 jacket
from a late 1980s dress
from a 1980s blouse
from a late 1980s/early 1990s dress
from an early 1990s suit
from a mid-late 1990s haute couture skirt for the runway