24th May, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Fashion, Costume and Textiles
2244
Vivienne Westwood Ingles Waistcoat, Spring/Summer Café Society Collection 1994, in grey and blue striped wool/cashmere mix, with wide collar and lapels, cut out vents to the hem with oval gold orb impressed buttons, (spare button attached to the lining), tab to the reverse, red label,
together with original handwritten receipt Vivienne Westwood St Mary’s Street, Manchester, dated 26 January 1996, size 46
Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood Costume
The vendor was a punk in her youth and therefore was familiar with 430 Kings Road London the shop that Westwood and Mclaren established in 1971, showcasing their ‘clothes without rules’ by deconstructing traditional techniques and using them to promote their political beliefs. This love for Vivienne Westwoods tailoring and use of fabrics continued throughout her life. On the 15th June 1996 an bomb exploded in the centre of Manchester, carried out by the Irish Republican Army. This devastated the infrastructure around the area including the Arndale Shopping Centre, amazingly there were no fatalities however hundreds were injured and the cost of rebuilding ran into billions of pounds.
The Vivienne Westwood shop in the locality was damaged during this and was relocated to near Deansgate. Vivienne sent up from London items off the catwalk and old stock to be sold at discounted price. The vendor as a Manchester resident was a regular visitor, and you can see picked up some fabulous purchases, some have never been worn and have been packed up for over 25 years.
Sold for £280
Estimated at £200 - £300
No internal corset, in good condition, no apparent damages and possibly never worn.
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Auction: Fashion, Costume and Textiles, 24th May, 2024
Highlights include the wardrobe and collection of a lady from Bath, who was an art student in the 1960/70s comprising clothing by Anokhi, Biba, Ginger, and the costume collection of 1920s and 1930s evening wear. Other items include two Ossie Clark dresses, mid-century 20th century cotton day dresses, suits, evening wear and accessories. This continues with fabrics and curtains designed by Hans Juda for Heals, David Whitehead curtains and Liberty fabric lengths. The sale also includes a Private Collection of Vivienne Westwood Costume and Accessories, a 19th century Bristol Orphanage Sampler, and a Georgian darning sampler, a collection of decorative American quilts, Chinese vestments, other eastern textiles and more.
Lots 2000 to 2020: Items from Dutton Manor, Lancashire
Lots 2215 to 2237:Geraldine Wynn Marchand Fashion Student and Private Collector, Bath
Geraldine Wynn Marchand worked at the Bath Fashion Museum for over 25 years, working as Head Guide, and lecturing on the history of costume to a wide variety of organisations. Her experience in the Museum prompted her MPhil on textile printing in 1993 and thesis on the development of the handkerchief, which featured on BBC Radio 4’s Women’s Hour in the 1990s. Her passion for clothes and accessories, from antique hatpins to geometric dresses, has spanned a lifetime.
Born in Llandrindod Wells in 1939, after studying ceramics in Tehran, and qualifying as an art teacher at Hornsey School of Art in London, she became based in London. Dividing her time between teaching and working as a prop’s assistant for Len Fulford’s commercial photography studio, near Regent Street and Carnaby Street therefore placing her at the heart of the Swinging Sixties fashion. Geraldine loved browsing London’s street markets for treasures from Brick Lane to Portabello Road, this would continue after moving to Bath in 1969 with her husband.
Lots 2240 to 2249: Collection of Vivienne Westwood Costume
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