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VFG member Kerry Taylor is presenting an auction called Passion for Fashion on December 8, 2020 (details here).

To be auctioned is a truly remarkable group of items: Al Capone’s autographed spats, a 1921 Chanel couture little black dress, Queen Victoria’s nightie and stockings, costumes created for Diaghilev and his Ballets Russes, 27 lots of Balenciaga, a trove of fashion, photographs and ephemera relating to the last queen of Madagascar, and two extraordinary ensembles worn by Lady Gaga.

Please, for your own sake, look through the catalogue.

Designers represented include:

Fortuny
Lanvin
Chanel
Vionnet
Molyneux
Worth
Callot Soeurs
Salvador Dali for Schiaparelli
Adrian
Madame Grès
Dior
Balmain
Carven
Maggy Rouff
Balenciaga
Norman Hartnell
Fath
Saint Laurent
Valentino
Roger Vivier
Guy Laroche
Marc Bohan
Lagerfeld
Pucci
Zandra Rhodes
Gucci
Thea Porter
Ossie Clark
Cardin
Givenchy
Issey Miyake
Yohji Yamamoto
Kansai Yamamoto
Rei Kawakubo
Mugler
Vivienne Westwood
Moschino
Gaultier
Galliano
Alaïa
Margiela
Ralph Rucci
Tom Ford
Ralph Lauren
McQueen
Philip Treacy

Written by Maggie Wilds/ denisebrain