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Fashion Auction Features 'Decades of Decadence'

By Kris MantyDec 3, 2021
A famous Cecil Beaton photo from 1948 of nine models, including Marilyn Ambrose, Dorry Adkins, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Andrea Johnson, Lily Carlson, and Dorian Leigh, wearing various gowns by Charles James while posing in French & Company's eighteenth century French paneled room.
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The Sculptural Mid-Century Ball Gowns of Charles James

By Kris MantySep 13, 2021
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Auctions

Elvis' Iconic Jumpsuit Heading to Auction

By Antique Trader StaffAug 25, 2021
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Auctions

Iconic Movie Costumes Strut to Auction

By Antique Trader StaffJul 9, 2021
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Vintage Fashion

How the ‘Letty Lynton’ Dress Took Country By Storm

By Kris MantyJun 25, 2021
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The Story Behind Marilyn Monroe's 'Happy Birthday' Dress

By Kris MantyMay 21, 2021
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How a Little Black Dress Scandalized Paris in 1884

By Kris MantyMay 18, 2021
Poppies appear again on this taffeta cocktail dress, spring 1956, by Rocco Materay. This sold at auction for $960.
Vintage Fashion

Vintage Dresses Celebrate Spring

By Kris MantyApr 16, 2021
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The Phenomenal Peacock Dress of Lady Mary Curzon

By Kris MantyMar 15, 2021
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Inside the Closet of Marjorie Merriweather Post

By Kris MantyMar 5, 2021
Ann Lowe, at 67, in her New York atelier, with a model posing in her one of her designs in Ebony Magazine, 1966. Every dress Lowe designed was hand-sewn and one-of- a- kind, tailor made to fit the wearer's exact measurements. Her superb work and attention to found an audience among New York City's most affluent social circles.
Vintage Fashion

Pioneering Fashion Designer Ann Lowe

By Kris MantyFeb 26, 2021
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Elvis Presley Still a Style Icon

By Kris MantyJan 8, 2021
A Hungarian costume featuring a cambric blouse and velvet skirt, mid-17th century.
Vintage Fashion

Fashion Friday’s Top 10 for 2020

By Kris MantyJan 8, 2021
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Vintage Fashion

The Pandemic is Making House Dresses Hot Again

By Kris MantySep 25, 2020
Karl Lagerfeld (German, 1933-2019), original drawing on card stock of peasant-style dress with hand coloring by the designer. Sold for $2,990.
Vintage Fashion

Karl Lagerfeld fashion drawings sell at auction

By Antique Trader StaffJun 19, 2019
René Lalique (1860-1945) Sea Holly hair comb 3 3/4 inches wide by 5 1/4 inches long, sold for $170,000 through Treadway Toomey Auctions. Courtesy of Treadway Toomey Auctions, Oak Park, Illinois.
Jewelry

10 Interesting facts about hair combs

By Antoinette RahnAug 23, 2018
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Features

Find yourself a hat for all seasons, all reasons

By Antique Trader StaffJul 15, 2018
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Jewelry

Vintage Meet Modern fuses classic style with contemporary fashion

By Antique Trader StaffJan 6, 2018
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Celebrating collectibles of manly character

By Karen KnapsteinApr 7, 2014