NEW YORK - Fashion collecting was once described by Richard Martin, former Curator in Charge of The Costume Institute, as an "alien endeavor" for its perceived distance from the practice of collecting fine art and for the challenges of preservation and...

Evening Dress, Cristóbal Balenciaga (Spanish, 1895–1972) for House of Balenciaga (French, founded 1937), summer 1961; Promised gift of Sandy Schreier. Photo © Nicholas Alan Cope / Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. NEW YORK, NY .- The Costume...

Dalida, Paris, Bobino, Octobre 1958. © Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet PARIS - Émouvante et passionnée Dalida demeure une star immensément populaire. Le Palais Galliera lui rend hommage en exposant sa garde-robe, objet d’une récente donation faite par...

Bergdorf Goodman Archives. Coctail & Evening Dresses: Jean Dessès.

Jacqueline de Ribes in her own design, 1986. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photograph by Francesco Scavullo, The Francesco Scavullo Foundation and The Estate of Francesco Scavullo. NEW YORK, NY .- The Costume Institute’s Fall 2015 exhibition,...

Woman’s Evening Dress , 1956, by Jean Dessès (France, 1904 -1970); Silk plain weave (organza). Purchased with funds provided by Ellen A. Michelson. Photo ©2012, Museum Associates. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has significantly...

Jacques Fath Haute Couture, n° 6672, circa 1950. Robe du soir. Photo Artcurial en velours de soie et satin duchesse noir, travail de pliage et effet de plastron sur le bustier, ample jupe portefeuille (griffe blanche, graphisme noir) (mini usure, manque...