30 results for Dior Bar suit
- Designer
Christian Dior
Killed wartime austerity in two hours flat. Dior opened the house at 30 avenue Montaigne in December 1946 with financial backing from Marcel Boussac. The first collection showed on 12 …
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How Much Is Vintage Clothing Worth? A Collector's Complete Valuation Guide
…wer value unless designer. Designer name and label: A named Dior, Chanel, Balenciaga, or Halston label multiplies value by 3–10× compared to an identical unlabeled piece from the same era. Even a 1950…
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- Designer
Yves Saint Laurent
…tuxedos for women existed. Yves Saint Laurent was Christian Dior's anointed successor — head designer at Dior at twenty-one when Dior died in October 1957. The Trapeze collection of spring 1958 was a …
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- Guide
Victorian Fashion History: A Complete Era Guide (1837–1901)
…the wide romantic sleeves of the 1840s to the lean tailored suits of the 1890s. Understanding these sub-eras is essential for anyone buying, selling, or collecting Victorian antique clothing. The Five…
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- Designer
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
…, a fabric used previously only for undergarments, and made suits from it. She took men's tweeds and made women's day suits. She introduced costume jewellery as luxury, the little black dress (1926, V…
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How to Identify Vintage Clothing: The Complete Expert Guide
…enticity, and allow precise dating. A named designer label (Dior, Balenciaga, Halston) dramatically increases value. Even an unlabeled removal can reduce a piece's value by 20–40% compared to an ident…
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Antique vs Vintage Clothing: What's the Real Difference?
… firmly established as collectible vintage. The 1980s power suit, Dynasty glamour, and New Wave fashion are all actively collected. High-quality 1980s designer pieces (Versace, Alaïa, Mugler) now comm…
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How to Care for Vintage Clothing: The Complete Preservation Guide
…wn. Wool: Dry clean is safest for shaped garments (jackets, suits, coats). For flat items (shawls, stoles), hand wash in cool water with wool detergent. Never use hot water — it causes irreversible fe…
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What Is Vintage Clothing? Everything You Need to Know
…s appreciated consistently. Pieces by documented designers (Dior, Balenciaga, Chanel from the 1950s–1970s) have outperformed many traditional asset classes as collectibles. Common Myths Debunked Myth …
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- Designer
Gianni Versace
Baroque maximalism. Medusa logo. Killed on his Miami Beach steps in 1997. Gianni Versace was born in Reggio Calabria, southern Italy, and ap…
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- Era
Victorian Fashion (1837–1901)
…e romantic full sleeves of the 1840s to the severe tailored suits of the 1890s. Characterized by corseted silhouettes, rich fabrics, and extraordinary ornamentation. Crinoline skirts, Bustle gowns, Mo…
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1940s Fashion (1940–1949)
…d silhouettes with shortened hemlines. The decade ends with Dior's 1947 New Look — nipped waist, padded hips, and calf-length skirts — a deliberate rejection of wartime austerity. Utility dress, Broad…
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How to Date Vintage Clothing by Labels and Tags
The label inside a vintage garment is a time capsule. Changes in US labeling law, union history, and manufacturing geography allow you to da…
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How to Store Vintage Clothing: Long-Term Preservation
Proper storage is the most important thing you can do for a vintage garment's long-term survival. More antique clothing has been destroyed b…
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Vintage vs Reproduction Clothing: How to Tell the Difference
The vintage market is full of reproduction garments — new items made to look old, sometimes sold honestly as 'vintage inspired' and sometime…
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How to Price Vintage Clothing to Sell: A Seller's Complete Guide
Pricing vintage clothing correctly is the difference between items that sell in hours and items that sit for months. This guide covers profe…
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- Designer
Claire McCardell
…s that mix and match, jersey day dresses, the bias-cut play suit, ballet flats sold with day clothes. She used hooks-and-eyes and lacing rather than expensive metal zippers; she used cotton and wool j…
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- Designer
Thierry Mugler
…akable: the 1995 motorcycle bustier and the 'Computer Chip' suit are among the most photographed twentieth-century couture pieces. Mugler also directed photography and music videos throughout the 1990…
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- ID reference
How to date a vintage zipper
Talon, Conmar, Crown, Lightning, YKK — the zipper is one of the fastest dating clues on any twentieth-century garment. Here is the full brea…
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Dating clothing by the label
Union labels, RN/WPL/CA numbers, care-label law, fibre-content law, country-of-origin marks. The single best dating tool, when the label sur…
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How to identify a vintage fabric
Burn test, hand test, microscope, and the fibre-by-fibre timeline. Polyester after 1953. Nylon after 1938. Lycra after 1959. Weighted silk d…
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Dating buttons — bakelite, casein, celluloid, jet
Plastic buttons, glass, mother-of-pearl, jet, bone. Each material has a dating window and a simple identification test. Buttons are a second…
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Reading the seam — construction-dating clothing
Hand-stitching, lockstitch, French seams, flat-felled, pinking, overlocking. How a garment was put together pins down the era when the label…
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Vintage sizing — what 'size 14' actually meant
A 1950s size 14 is roughly a modern US size 8. Vintage labels are misleading; measurements are the truth. Era-by-era conversion below. Vinta…
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Closures — hooks-and-eyes, snaps, lacing, velcro
Before the zipper became common in the 1930s, every garment closed some other way. Hooks-and-eyes, snaps, drawstrings, lacing — each has a d…
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Dating clothing by the hem
Hand-rolled, blind-stitched, horsehair-braided, weighted with chain — the hem of a garment is a small craft history. Reading it dates the pi…
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Dating fabric by dye and print
Synthetic dyes (1856 onward), screen printing (1910s–onward), digital printing (1990s onward). Each technique has a date window and a recogn…
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Dating clothes by silhouette alone
Hemline, waistline, shoulder, sleeve — the four-variable silhouette grid narrows most twentieth-century pieces to a single decade without lo…
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Paris, London, New York, domestic American — regional construction signatures
The same year, four very different interiors. Paris couture, London tailoring, New York Seventh Avenue, American home sewing — each leaves a…
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Edwardian Fashion (1901–1910)
…Gibson Girl style, Lace blouses, Lingerie dresses, Tailored suits Chiffon, Lace, Silk, Cotton voile, Broderie anglaise, Muslin
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