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Color:  Green
Period: 1940s
1940s Miriam Haskell Double Strand Jade Green Glass Necklace w Center Flower
By Miriam Haskell, Haskell Jewels
Located in Gresham, OR
1940s Miriam Haskell Double Strand Jade Green Glass Necklace w Center Flower: Approximately 24" inches long, this is an especially delighful and r...
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1940s American Fashion

Elsa Schiaparelli's "Sleeping de Schiaparelli" Perfume Sachets
Located in New York, NY
Schiaparelli's Mint in Box, "Sleeping" perfume sachets of "Sleeping Blue" satin, over stitched with Schiaparelli's signature "S". Still fragrant wrapped in the original unopened cellophane, tied with vibrant yellow ribbon. "Sleeping," is one of many perfumes Schiaparelli designed, debuted for her summer 1940 collection. For her spring 1939 Commedia dell' arte collection, Schiaparelli had been inspired by Man Ray's 1939 painting...
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1940s French Fashion

Elsa Schiaparelli's "Sleeping de Schiaparelli" Perfume Sachets
Located in New York, NY
Schiaparelli's Mint in Box, "Sleeping" perfume sachets (3) of "Sleeping Blue" satin, over stitched with Schiaparelli's signature "S". Still fragrant wrapped in the original unopened cellophane, tied with vibrant yellow ribbon. "Sleeping," is one of many perfumes Schiaparelli designed, debuted for her summer 1940 collection. For her spring 1939 Commedia dell' arte collection, Schiaparelli had been inspired by Man Ray's 1939 painting...
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1940s French Fashion

1940S Brentwood Emerald Green Floral Print Cotton Mother Of Pearl Buttons Hawai
Located in New York, NY
1940S Brentwood Emerald Green Floral Print Cotton Mother Of Pearl Buttons Hawaiian Shirt
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1940s Fashion

Elsa's Schiaparelli's 'Sleeping de Schiaparelli' Perfume Sachets
Located in New York, NY
Schiaparelli's Mint in Box, Sleeping perfume sachets.Of Sleeping blue silk satin, hand stiched with Schiaparelli's signature S. Still fragrent wrapped in the origional unopened celophane,tied with vibrant yellow ribbon. Excellent condition. "Sleeping," is one of many perfumes Schiaparelli designed, debuted for her summer 1940 collection. For her spring 1939 Commedia dell' arte collection, Schiaparelli had been inspired by Man Ray's 1939 painting...
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1940s French Fashion

A Rare Jeanne Lanvin Women's Sport Velvet French Couture Collection 1947
Located in Toulon, FR
Summer Collection 1947 France Rare women's sports jacket (Golf, riding or winter sport?) in olive-green corduroy with broad shoulder pads and signed Jeanne Lanvin, Haute Couture, summer collection 1947. Men's wardrobe inspiration for this four-pocket jacket with buttoned flaps and elegant à la Française pleats in the back for ease of movement. Closure with brass buttons covered with velvet with a reminder at the cuff. Lining in damask silk in the same color with the logo of the famous designer house of Jeanne Lanvin with her daughter. Original label in white ottoman...
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1940s French Fashion

1940s Kelly Green Wool Gabardine Stroller Coat W/ Peter Pan Collar
Located in Gresham, OR
A classic 1940s Kelly green wool gabardine stroller coat with a Peter Pan collar and single silver sculpted button at neck. No other closure. Mid-calf leng...
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1940s American Fashion

Orientalist Evening Fancy Jacket in Embroidered Sequin and Silk Satin Circa 1940
Located in Toulon, FR
Circa 1940 France Beautiful orientalist Fancy evening jacket or costume dating from the 1940s / 1950s. Yellow-green silk satin embroidered with golden sequins and appliqués of cords...
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1940s French Fashion

1940s Kelly Green Suit Set
Located in San Francisco, CA
1940s Kelly Green Suit Set. Kelly green suit set with wide lapel, padded shoulders, and button/zipper closures.
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1940s Fashion

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1940s Lilli Ann Black and White Avant Garde Wool Vintage 40s Peplum Jacket Coat
Located in San Diego, CA
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Boucheron Paris Jaipur glass bracelet shaped fragrance bottle in Boucheron presentation box The opulent fragrance bottle is designed in the shape of ...
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Unworn Fabrice Vintage Sequin + Beaded Flapper Kimono Jacket or Duster
Located in Sparks, NV
Unworn with the original store tags still attached! Vintage sequin and beaded Flapper-inspired jacket with a scalloped edge. Details: Unlined Shoulder Pads Can Easily Be Remov...
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STELLA MCCARTNEY apple green rayon CROP Top Shirt 44 L
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100% authentic Stella McCartney 3/4 sleeve crop top in apple green rayon (83%) and polyester (17%) with a v-neck. Unlined. Has been worn and is in excellent condition. See separate l...
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Pierre Cardin Vintage Apron with Heart and Top Hat Pattern in White and Red
Located in San Francisco, CA
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1940'S Acid Green Silk Chiffon Exceptionally Rare Fully Beaded Gown Xs
Located in New York, NY
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1940s Fashion

1940S Pastel Light Green Rayon Satin Bias Negligee Slip Dress
Located in New York, NY
1940S Pastel Light Green Rayon Satin Bias Negligee Slip Dress
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1940’s Studded Emerald Green Leather Clutch Handbag
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 1940’s emerald green leather handbag has a fashion forward look with brass faceted stud accents that are as stylish today as in the past. ...
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Lilli Ann Speckled Green Suit Set, 1940s
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1940s Emerald Green Felt Hat with Decorative Bow
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1940's Emerald Green & Toffee Deco Motif Wool-Knit Pleated Skirt Sweater Dress
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1940s Emerald Green Velvet Peplum Suit with Floral Trapunto Work and Flair
Located in Gresham, OR
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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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