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Fashion For Sale
Period: 1920s
Period: Early 1900s
Pair of Charles IX pumps Shoes in black satin - France Circa 1920-1930
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1920/1930 France Pair of Charles IX evening satin pumps delicately piped with gold leather. Elegant line with buttoned straps. Two articulated bow ties on the vamp, edged with...
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1920s French Fashion

1920'S Off White Cotton Men's Antique Edwardian Doctor's Shirt
Located in New York, NY
1920'S Off White Cotton Men's Antique Edwardian Doctor's Shirt
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1920s Fashion

Off-white lace and satin bow wedding dress Circa 1930's
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Off-white lace and satin bow wedding dress with snaps closure on the left side. Satin lining with zip closure on the left side as well. Total lengt...
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1920s European Fashion

A Rare and Early Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture Chiffon and satin Dress Winter 1920
Located in Toulon, FR
Winter 1920-1921 France. Long dress in black silk crepe by Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture. Wide shape with back of the dress longer than the front. Fitting the skirt, split on the sid...
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1920s French Fashion

Vintage Green Lace 1920s Gown
Located in London, GB
A stunning gown dating from the 1920s in green lace. The dress has a collar neckline, with side popper fastening, a matching belt and a flared skirt. Measur...
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1920s Fashion

1920s White Handmade Irish Crochet Lace Bridal Dress
Located in London, GB
Absolutely stunning vintage 1920s hand made Irish crochet lace dress with grapevine pattern around the top of the bodice. This beautiful dress feat...
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1920s Irish Fashion

Rare 1920s B Altman Haute Couture Ivory Hand Beaded Cotton Voile Vintage Dress
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible, and rare 20s B. ALTMAN Haute Couture dress! Completely hand sewn, and hand embroidered/beaded. This beauty is nothing short of exceptional! Lightweight semi sheer cotton voile looks great alone, or with a slip under. Attached beaded 'necktie' at bodice. White seed beads in a gridlock pattern scattered throughout the dress, with colorful seed beads in floral designs intertwined. Honestly, this piece belongs in a museum, but is still totally wearable, with only one small repair to one sleeve, which is unnoticeable. The possibilities are endless with this exceptionally rare roaring 20s dress...
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1920s French Fashion

Fendi Beaded & Lizard Skin Baguette Bag
Located in London, GB
Fendi Beaded & Lizard Skin Baguette Bag From the 190's is this rare bag which is fully adorned with orange, black and white beading. Flap front with magnetic closure and peach ton...
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Early 1900s Fashion

Full beaded on tulle black evening dress Circa 1920
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Full beaded ( beads and sequins) on tulle black evening dress. See-through Size 38/ M
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1920s Unknown Fashion

Victorian White Antique Georgian, Men's Raw Linen & Cotton Hand Sewn Shirt
Located in New York, NY
The texture in this linen comes from it being hand spun & woven. Beautiful details all over. From the cartridge pleating to the micro French seams, all sewn before the invention of t...
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Early 1900s Fashion

Green Floral Chiffon Sleeveless Handkerchief Dress w Flutter Capelet – XS, 1920s
Located in Tucson, AZ
Ten years in restoration, this ensemble is a living snapshot of fashion’s transition from one decade to another. Its floral print offers a peek into the ultra-feminine decade to come...
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1920s American Fashion

Victorian Brown & Purple Floral Silk Jacquard 1850S Mens Vest
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Brown & Purple Floral Silk Jacquard 1850S Mens Vest
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Early 1900s Fashion

1920S Blush Pink Silk & Cotton Lace Bra Cami Top
Located in New York, NY
1920S Blush Pink Silk & Cotton Lace Bra Cami Top
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1920s Fashion

1920S Black & Orange Silk Top Hands Embroidered With Birds
Located in New York, NY
1920S Black & Orange Silk Top Hands Embroidered With Birds
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1920s Fashion

Legras French Art Deco cameo glass pink green Vase Signed
Located in VALLADOLID, ES
Gorgeous Vase; France, 19th century. Cameo glass. Signed Legras. Measurements: 12cm. x 4 cm This vase, with a unique design, is made of cameo glass, which consists of making a piece ...
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Early 1900s French Fashion

1920's Cream Embroidered Fringe Rope Belt Dress
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into the Roaring Twenties with our elegant Cream Embroidered Fringe Rope Belt Dress! This timeless piece exudes elegance, perfect for those who want to take a risk and stand out...
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1920s Fashion

1920S HUBERT AND WHITE INC Garnet Red Rayon Jacquard Robe & Lounge Pants
Located in New York, NY
1920S HUBERT AND WHITE INC Garnet Red Rayon Jacquard Robe & Lounge Pants
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1920s Fashion

See-through full beaded dress with pink beaded flowers Circa 1925's
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
See-through Full beaded dress with pink beaded flowers on a cotton base. SIZE L
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1920s European Fashion

1920S Black Silk Chiffon Chevron Fringe Beaded Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1920S Black Silk Chiffon Chevron Fringe Beaded Cocktail Dress
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1920s Fashion

Black silk satin and silk chiffon beaded evening dress Circa 1925's
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Black silk satin and silk chiffon beaded evening dress. the dress is made of 3 lays, 2 are ended with beadwork and the one underneath has silk chiffon edge . Gold lace inset in the m...
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1920s Unknown Fashion

MADELEINE DE RAUCH Black Haute Couture Silk Gazzar Passementrie Beaded Cocktail
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional quality, fully silk lined and hand finished. Very much in the Balenciaga Spanish style. MADELEINE DE RAUCH Black Haute Couture Silk Gazzar Passementrie Beaded Cocktail Dr...
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1920s Fashion

1920s Haute Couture Black Sequin Flapper Dress With Tassel Hemline
Located in London, GB
This original 1920s little black dress is an unlabelled haute couture example, fully sequinned all over and in truly excellent antique condition. Tailored to a timeless flapper silho...
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1920s French Fashion

Antique Chinese Silk Kimono or Robe
Located in Sharon, CT
Offering an Antique Chinese Silk Kimono, patterned light blue silk, with a lining in white silk. Embroidered applied border at sleeves and neckli...
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1920s Chinese Fashion

1920S Blush Pink Silk Crepe De Chine Lace Trimmed Negligee Slip Dress
Located in New York, NY
1920S Blush Pink Silk Crepe De Chine Lace Trimmed Negligee Slip Dress
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1920s Fashion

Early Maison Goyard Suitcase
Located in New York, NY
Maison Goyard Suitcase from the early 20th Century. This heritage house is the oldest manufacturer in France. Signature logo textile, leather bound with...
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1920s French Fashion

1920S Green Silk Fan Print Kimono
Located in New York, NY
1920S Green Silk Fan Print Kimono
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1920s Fashion

Vintage 1920s Brown Horizontally Pleated Silk Dress With Lace Detail
Located in Portland, OR
This beautifully made vintage 1920s dress is in a dark chocolate brown silk with cream lace on the sleeves and upper back. We love the way the dres...
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1920s Unknown Fashion

Victorian Hot Pink Silk & Cotton Sateen Hooded House Dress With Ribbons
Located in New York, NY
Otherworldly rare and exceptional piece. Sourced in Paris this garment had our jaws dropping when we came upon it. Museum grade in every way. Victorian Hot Pink Silk & Cotton Sateen...
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Early 1900s Fashion

Printed lurex edge to edge evening jacket Marshall Field & Compagny
By Marshall
Located in Saint-Ouen-Sur-Seine, FR
Printed lurex edge to edge evening jacket. Ivory silk lining with one inside pocket. Shorter in the front (lenght = 60 cm) than in the back ( lenght = 86 cm) SIZE 36/38 ( the back...
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1920s Fashion

A Pleated Silk Delphos dress by Mariano Fortuny - Venice Circa 1930
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1920-1930 Italy - Venice Delphos long dress in apricot-coloured pleated silk pongee by the famous Italian couturier Mariano Fortuny (Attributed to). Straight, tubular cut in fo...
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1920s Italian Fashion

1920s French Beaded Sand Nude Silk Flapper Dress with Attached Fabric Belt
Located in Portland, OR
This lovely vintage 1920s light sand silk dress is hand beaded with white beads that create a pretty pattern throughout the dress. There is a beautiful attached beaded silk fabric be...
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1920s Unknown Fashion

Antique Elaborately Embroidered 1920s Silk Jacket with Fringe
Located in Water Mill, NY
This is an elaborately embroidered 1920s black silk coat, jacket covered with gorgeous, colorful embroidery of people, birds and animals, pagodas, bridges, walkways, flowers and tree...
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1920s Chinese Fashion

1920S Cream Cotton Voile Negligee With Pink Lace
Located in New York, NY
1920S Cream Cotton Voile Negligee With Pink Lace
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1920s Fashion

A charming fine petit point handbag, with a 'rose/floral' design, French, 1920s.
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
A charming and highly attractive handbag, perfect for evening or that special occasion. the needlepoint is of the highest and finest quality with roses and a variety of other flowers...
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1920s French Fashion

A charming fine petitpoint handbag with lily of the valley motif, France 1930s
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
A joyful petitpoint handbag from the 1920s, with motifs of roses (both red and yellow) and lily of the valley (muguet), both set a plain black background. Front and back of the bag d...
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1920s French Fashion

Art Deco French Gloves, Unworn
Located in New York, NY
Charming Art Deco Motif Leather Gloves which have never been worn. They are still stitched together as they were sold in the period. Art Deco leather applique designs at cuff and mat...
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1920s French Fashion

Victorian White Cotton Corset Cover Top With Insertion Lace
Located in New York, NY
Victorian White Cotton Corset Cover Top With Insertion Lace
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Early 1900s Fashion

Camel-haired Berber Burnous - North Africa Circa 1900-1920
Located in Toulon, FR
Early 20th century North Africa Rare Berber Burnous woven from camel or dromedary hair, originating from the Algerian or Tunisian desert gates. The handloom weaving is particularly ...
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Early 1900s Tunisian Fashion

Victorian White Organic Cotton Long Sleeve Top With Lace Neckline
Located in New York, NY
Victorian White Organic Cotton Long Sleeve Top With Lace Neckline
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Early 1900s Fashion

1920S Black & Floral Print Silk Chiffon And Lace Sheer Dress
Located in New York, NY
1920S Black & Floral Print Silk Chiffon And Lace Sheer Dress
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1920s Fashion

Art Nouveau German Bronze Sculpture Naked woman blowing bubbles
Located in VALLADOLID, ES
Very beautiful and refined antique dark patinated solid bronze sculpture depicting a naked woman blowing bubbles It is of German origin and dates from around 1920. Unsigned. This b...
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Early 1900s German Fashion

Victorian White Organic Cotton Swan Neck Crop Top Blouse
Located in New York, NY
Victorian White Organic Cotton Swan Neck Crop Top Blouse
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Early 1900s Fashion

Vintage 1920's Gold Beaded Sequin Dress Flapper Dress UK 6-8 US 2-4
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Full of opulent original details, rendered in the most luxurious fashion, this rare 1920's piece is a beauty to behold and never again find. The rounded neckline of the dress, is fr...
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1920s European Fashion

Antique Edwardian Paste Hair Comb Ornament Mantilla
Located in Romford, GB
Exquisite Antique Edwardian Paste Hair Comb Ornament Mantilla Mint. Five prongs. A stunning tortoiseshell hair comb decorated with beautiful ...
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Early 1900s Unknown Fashion

1920S Butter Yellow Silk Dress With Hand Beading
Located in New York, NY
It has some small holes as it is from the 1920's. 1920S Butter Yellow Silk Dress With Hand Beading
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1920s Fashion

Art Deco Lame Orientalist Motif Shawl
Located in New York, NY
Lovely Art Deco Lame Orientalist Motif Shawl from the 1920's. In tones of rasberry, yellow, orange, gold and silver gilt turquoise with long silk knitted fringe in fuschia and gold s...
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1920s French Fashion

1920S White & Gold Cotton Beaded Flapper Cocktail Dress
Located in New York, NY
1920S White & Gold Cotton Beaded Flapper Cocktail Dress
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1920s Fashion

1920s House of Adair Floral Black Crepe Beaded Flapper Dress
Located in London, GB
The House of Adair was a Parisian atelier that created beaded silk gowns for the export market during the 1920s. They were retailed in the best department stores of the day, especially in the US and UK. The designs were inspired by haute couture fashions and popular themes including orientalism and the geometric forms of the Art Deco movement. The workers has all been trained in haute couture methods and rare surviving pieces are often acquired by museums and fashion institutions including Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This dress has a sleeveless, blouson top style v-neck and is fashioned with a lightly gathered drop-waist. This fluid, tubular tailoring was typical of the must-have dresses of this era and the silk crepe is adorned with brightly beaded flowers, among them sunflowers, thistles and gerberas. The original label sits inside the waistband and reads “Adair 4. Cité Paradis Paris...
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1920s French Fashion

French Chinoise Art Deco Beaded Evening Blouse
Located in Sharon, CT
Embroidered mostly silver beads in a Chinoise design, on a semi transparent black ground.
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1920s French Fashion

Vintage 1920's Black Silk Chiffon Beaded Bow Dress UK 12 US 8
Located in Cheltenham, GB
Full of opulent original details, rendered in the most luxurious fashion, this rare 1920's piece is a beauty to behold. On a base of black silk chiffon and embellished with glass bea...
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1920s European Fashion

1920S Cotton Irish Crochet Vest
Located in New York, NY
1920S Cotton Irish Crochet Vest
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1920s Fashion

A Redingote Velvet dress by Jean-Charles Worth Haute Couture - Paris Circa 1923
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1923/1924 Paris Redingote evening dress in chimney sweep brown velvet embroidered in a champagne color by the famous Maison Worth. Ample straight cut, long sleeves, high collar...
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1920s French Fashion

Long evening dress in embroidered satin and chiffon - Paris Circa 1920
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1920-1930 France Paris Duchesse satin and black muslin long evening dress by Olivan-Brevet & Berthe, 14 Rue de Helder, Paris, dating from the 1920s. Loose-fitting dress with large V-neckline punctuated by a modesty detail, fastened on one side with press studs. Fine pleats on the hips underlined by Art Deco embroidery...
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1920s French Fashion

1920s Floral Printed Day Dress
Located in San Francisco, CA
Floral printed handmade day dress made of silk chiffon. The drop-waist silhouette accentuates the bias-cut flared skirt and the applied center panel that raises to the boat neckline....
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1920s Fashion

1920S Hot Pink Burnout Silk Velvet Drop Waist Flapper Cocktail Dress With Crys
Located in New York, NY
1920S Hot Pink Burnout Silk Velvet Drop Waist Flapper Cocktail Dress With Crystal Buckle
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1920s Fashion

Evening dress by Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture numbered 66780- Paris Summer 1924
Located in Toulon, FR
Summer 1924 Paris Black and cream embroidered taffeta evening dress by Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture from the 1924 collection. Inspired by the Ballets Russes, this iconic dress with ...
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1920s French Fashion

1907 Chain Metal Purse
Located in Greenport, NY
1907 Chain Metal Purse "J.E. Mathuss 1907" Width: 5" Length: 5" Length with Chain: 11.5"
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Early 1900s Fashion

Vintage 1920's Magenta Pink Beaded & Rhinestone Silk-Velvet Flapper Deco Dress
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
A simply stunning and seldom found magenta pink heavily beaded silk-velvet dance dress dating back to the mid-1920's. Vibrant colored flapper dresses from this decade are perennial f...
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1920s French Fashion

Fashion: Shop Vintage Clothing, Haute Couture and More

Fashion is littered with stories we can’t help but consume with voracity. Behind the world’s revered luxury houses and designers, there are often accounts of modest beginnings that gave way to the resonant work we’ve cherished all of our lives.

Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel learned to sew under the tutelage of nuns in an orphanage. Later, as an impoverished teenager at a boarding school in central France, clad in the drab clothes of the underclass compared to those of her classmates, she furthered her needlework skills. By the early 1900s, she was helming a hat shop with help from her sister and her aunt.

Chanel made spare, unadorned hats at first, and the now-momentous “little black dress,” published in the form of a sketch in Vogue in 1926, symbolized her intention to design for all social classes. Working with simple lines and ordinary fabrics, Chanel created garments that she hoped would encourage women to leave extravagant clothes behind. The young milliner would soon become pivotal to the evolution of both covetable casual wear and handmade high-fashion apparel, building a brand that has influenced countless designers all over the world.

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only,” Chanel said. “Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

Around the same time, a young former hotel bellboy named Guccio Gucci began to sell imported leather luggage from a small retail space in his native Florence, and it wouldn’t be long before he was overseeing a number of artisans who were making leather goods and other accessories. With the help of his sons, he opened a second shop in Rome and later launched his handbags, wallets and more.

There are people like Chanel and Gucci, sometimes of meager means, working in near obscurity to create lasting and innovative garments and accessories that today fill the interiors of our favorite boutiques and, ultimately, the closets of our home.

There are family-owned luxury-goods companies, such as Hermès in Paris, which began as a saddle manufacturer in the 1800s, serving the era’s carriage trade before it would expand to include venerable handbags as well as its numerous silk scarves, each emblazoned with a richly decorative design.

For many of us, the narratives behind the ornate monograms that adorn these iconic works are just as important as the items themselves.

Haute couture from the House of Chanel — practical, form-fitting evening dresses and menswear made of fine tweeds — has a long lineage, but now it’s earned a legitimate place in museums as often as it has in the homes of modern marquee influencers. Vintage Yves Saint Laurent leather clutches and handbags couldn’t have aged better over time, either. The French luxury fashion label’s long history of vibrant, gender-blurring designs, including the revolutionary Mondrian minidress in 1965, owe to the creative inclinations of a young Yves, who made paper dolls as a child and designed dresses for the women in his family by the time he was a teenager.

The appeal of vintage and designer clothing — whether it’s nostalgia for ’80s fashion treasures like oversize blazers or the bright and elaborate patterns that characterize sundresses of the 1960s — endures, and our appetite for irreplaceable garments as well as their riveting origin stories won’t recede anytime soon. An authentic handbag or purse from Hermès isn’t merely durable and alluring. The Birkin, for example, is hand-sewn according to Hermès’s centuries-old saddle-stitching technique, comes in a variety of exotic leathers and is also a savvy investment.

“The Birkin’s value has consistently risen and never fluctuated downward,” says Reece Morgan, head of handbags and accessories for Xupes, citing the fact that “production has been highly limited to maintain its unattainable aura.” In fact, he adds, Hermès has been “scaling back production each year.”

Today, we’re captivated by the work of prodigious Illinois-born talent Virgil Abloh, who not only triumphed in the fashion world with his Milan-based streetwear label Off-White, but was also a visual artist, a furniture designer and more. In 2018, Abloh, who learned about fashion from his seamstress mother, became one of the first Black designers to head a French luxury fashion house, having secured an artistic director role at Louis Vuitton.

“His clothing turns wearers into accomplices of his grand artistic scheme,” Michael Darling, the chief curator at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, wrote of Abloh’s work.

On 1stDibs, you can revel in the stories behind the fashion we love and browse everything from classic, one-of-a-kind gowns crafted by Parisian couturiers to stylish, modern streetwear designed by forward-looking brands. Shop 19th-century Louis Vuitton trunks or kaleidoscopic and colorful 1960s skirts by Emilio Pucci or edgy ensembles by visionary designers like Azzedine Alaïa. Your fashion journey begins right here.

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