Costumes of Italy
Hand-colored panorama depicting the costumes of Italian people from a variety of walks of life.
More than 45 items from the world of fashion: original drawings, lookbooks, memoirs, periodicals, and more. From the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries, highlights include: a complete run of visionary street-style magazine RAGS, an original Edith Head costume sketch of Audrey Hepburn's iconic dress from SABRINA, and two original nineteenth-century Louis Vuitton trade cards. Versace, Armani, Gaultier, supermodels, 70s and 80s fashion — click below to browse.
Download PDF of Catalogue #10: Fashion & StyleHand-colored panorama depicting the costumes of Italian people from a variety of walks of life.
Original photograph album of a variety of costumes and accessories able to be rented from a photography studio in Derby, England, including outfits emblematic of the Imperial mindset of the 1920s.
Original program for a Los Angeles fashion show sponsored by the Wool Bureau.
Illustrated product catalog from the Advance Watch and Jewelry Supply Company, wholesale suppliers of men's and women's jewelry and watches.
Original lookbook from Armani's 2003 spring-summer collection.
Classic and distinctly scarce Versace Spring-Summer '93 collection, photographed by Avedon.
First printing of this vibrant book of images from influential fashion photographer David Bailey.
Signed first printing of this substantial retrospective of the work of model and legendary VOGUE creative director Grace Coddington, in the original shipping box.
First edition of this step-by-step guide to basic skincare and makeup, signed by supermodel Cindy Crawford.
Gorgeous and intricate original Gaultier press kit for the Tonie Marshall film.
First edition of this frenzied, anthropologically-minded contemporary account of disco: the music, the clubs, the fashions, the way of life. Rare this condition.
First printing of this collection of cool coiffures from one of the world's most famous stylists, showing off the styles that defined his early career.
First printing of this fascinating text on the history, cultural importance, and social significance of fashion, written by a prominent woman psychologist.
Advertisement brochure for the avant-garde designer at Dianne Benson's SoHo boutique, one of the first in New York to showcase Gaultier's designs.
Lovely selection of original fashion art depicting various women's runway dresses, all ca. 1955.
Vast archive of professional fashion, advertising, and editorial photographs from the late 1960s and 1970s, almost all by noted photographer Peter Levy.
The birth of an iconic brand: a trade card listing Louis Vuitton's earliest stores, capturing the evolving image of the company.
A rare and early trade card from Louis Vuitton, the pale aqua checkerboard background of which alludes to Vuitton's iconic Damier pattern — which was developed just five years earlier to help combat (even then) numerous imitations and knock-offs.
First printing of this massive, lavishly-illustrated reflection of the brilliant life and career of Alexander McQueen, by photographer Anne Deniau.
Remarkable and chic German eyewear design archive from the late 1950s.
First edition of this document of '60s and '70s denim embellishment, a collaboration between Rolling Stone's first chief photographer, the editor of RAGS, and the author of THE LAST UNICORN.
First printing of this fabulous showcase of the Versace spring/summer line for 1992, photographed with Irving Penn's impeccable sharpness.
First edition of this beautifully illustrated retrospective of MAX MARA coats across over 50 years of designs.
Petite portfolio of fashion cards designed by May Routh for the legendary department store Galerie Lafayette.
Gorgeous and scarce little 1920s booklet of beauty magnate Helena Rubinstein's hard-minded instructions on how to make your lazy Skin earn its keep, and what it will cost you.