Loading ...Christie’s Vintage Fashion Auction
If you have a passion for high quality vintage fashion pencil 25th July into your diary, that is when Christie’s hold an auction of Twentieth Century Fashion: The Wardrobe Sale.
Clothing certainly doesn’t have to be new to be fashionable indeed many of the most up-to-date looks have their roots and inspiration in the past.
Fashion is a constant cycle if reinvention, old styles are adopted, adapted and improved.
Vintage fashion auctions can can often be the place to find a bargain as not everyone likes the idea of secondhand clothing. Top of the range evening dresses can often be found at auction at prices which are only a fraction of those in upmarket boutiques.
Estimates for Christie’s “The Wardrobe Sale” begin at £150.
The fashion auctions often feature a who’s who of famous fashion designers such as Pucci, Dior, Balenciaga, Chanel, Courrèges, Givenchy, and Versace.
Among the items at Christie’s on July 25 will be a 1970s evening dress by Pucci with an estimate of £500 to £800 and a 1980s Versace two-piece cocktail ensemble with wrap-around skirt with an estimate of £600 to £1,000.
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