Cocktail Hat of Black Silk Taffeta With Crimson Silk Rose, ca. 1955, Collection of Hamish Bowles. copyright Loomis Deen-Time Life Pictures-Getty Images
Valentina in 1951. Photo by John Lee, Courtesy of Nina Frantzen
Aventure suit, Spring-Summer 1948 Haute Couture collection, "Envol line". Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
AW 2008-09. Line 0. Fur jacket made of blonde wigs. Copyright Marina Faust/Maison Martin Margiela
Beaded and Sequined Jacket From The American Indian Collection. courtesy of Lolly Koon
Fall-Winter 2010 Haute Couture collection. Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
Book Popup Page
Maggie London. Photo by Barry Lategan
Jean Patchett in a lace-eyelet head wrap and Valentina day dress with matching drawstring capelette, Vogue, May 1, 1952. Photo by Sir Cecil Beaton- Courtesy of Vogue and Conde Nast
SS 2011, Paris. Photo by Asha Mines
Advertisement 1939
Hand-Dyed and Embossed with Gold Dress From The Fire Collection. courtesy of Lolly Koon
White With Lace Gown, Evening dress Summer 1938, Model 4522
copyright Juergen Teller and Cindy Sherman
Antonio Marras drawings for Collection Autumn-Winter 2008. copyright Antonio Marras/KENZO
Sheer Square Patterned Gown, Dress Summer 1937
Katya, Metropalais, 2008
Vidal Sassoon with Grace Coddington. Photo by David Bailey
Amber Fall/Winter 2012- 2011. Photo by Phillipe Garcia
Palais Bourbon, 2010
Beauty head illustration by Antonio, 1963. Courtesy of the Estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos
YSL. Image by Sølve Sundbø
Grace Jones and Jerry Hall at Antonios rue de Rennes apartment, Paris, 1975. Courtesy of the Estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos
Ad Campaign Spring/Summer 1985. copyright by Hans Feuerer/Wib
SS 2000. Men's Dinner Jacket in white cotton and Women's Show. Copyright Marina Faust - Maison Martin Margiela
Valentina. Photo by Horst- courtesy of Vogue and Conde Nast
Photo by Vic Singh
Spring-Summer 2008, Haute Couture collection. Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
Advertisement, illustration by Thayaht ca 1920-23
Revillion SS 2006, Paris. Photo by Asha Mines
sketches by RL
Quilted and Hand-Painted Silk From the Java Collection. courtesy of Lolly Koon
copyright Juergen Teller and Cindy Sherman
copyright Juergen Teller and Cindy Sherman
SS 2011, Paris. Photo by Asha Mines
Portrait of Tom Ford, 1978. Courtesy of Tom Ford Archive
Rosetted Evening Summer Cape, 1918. Model 32
Guinness, Spring/Summer 1994. Photo by Philippe Garcia
Before Minus Now, SpringSummer 2000. Show photograph by Chris Moore. Model- Erin O'Connor
SS 1995 & 1996. Various Tabi Boots. Copyright Maison Martin Margiela
Tom Ford, YSL. Image by Roxanne Lowit
Engin Spikes Spring/Summer 2010. Photo by Philippe Garcia
Camels and Desert, Le LV en pierres, Ceuvre Louis Vuitton, Pushkar, Rajasthan by Jean Lariviere 1988. Louis Vuitton collection
McFadden Modeling Turqoise Tibetan Earrings. courtesy of Mary McFadden
Valentina in 1951. Photo by John Lee, Courtesy of Nina Frantzen
Valentina in period inspired silk taffeta gown named You Been Wrong, October 1952. Photo courtesy of Gary and Manya Drobnack
Eiffel Tower. La Tour Eiffel Louis Vuitton, 1978 by Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Colorful Roundels of Embroidery on Quilted Black Silk. courtesy of Lolly Koon
Illustration of Eija Vehka Ajo, by Antonio Lopez, Paris, 1974. Courtesy of the Estate of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos
Before Minus Now, Spring/Summer 2000. Show photographs by Chris Moore
Bedford, NY 2004. Image by Gilles de Chabaneix
Spanish Chasuble of Linen, Silk, and Metal Thread, 1725–1775. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, gift of Archer M. Huntington
Corset and France Dress from Fall-Winter 2005 Haute Couture collection, and Corset, Fall-Winter 2004 Haute Couture collection. Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
KO-KO-SAN suit, Spring-Summer 2007 Haute Couture collection. Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
SS 2009 Women's show backstage, Negative photograph of the first jacket (SS1989) printed on silk satin affixed to the body and held as a "poster-dress". Copyright Marina Faust/Maison Martin Margiela
Pesce, Fall/Winter 2005-2006. Photo by Phillipe Garcia
Courtesy of Craig McDean
Spring-Summer 2011 Haute Couture collection. Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
Contact sheet of Valentina, circa 1960. Courtesy of Nina Frantzen
Rickzilla, Paris, 2011
One Hundred and Eleven, Spring/Summer 2007. Show photographs by Chris Moore
Photo by Barry Lategan
Fall-Winter 2004 Haute Couture collection. Photo by Patrick Demarchelier
Superimpositions by Hussein Chalayan, Mid-Warwickshire College, 1988
Ralph & Ricky: 1976, Amagansett, NY. Image by Barbara Walz
copyright Juergen Teller and Cindy Sherman
Embroidery From The Java Collection. courtesy of Lolly Koon
Grace Coddington with the Five Point Cut. Photo by Eric Swayne
Superimpositions by Hussein Chalayan, Mid-Warwickshire College, 1988
Grace Coddington with the Five Point Cut. Photo by Eric Swayne
Valentina in 1919. Inscribed in Russian: V Sanina Sevastopol July 1919. Estate of Valentina Schlee
SS 1989. Line 1. The first jacket. Copyright Maison Martin Margiela
Watercolor L'Orage, dress of Madeleine Vionnet, drawing by Thayaht, La Gazette du Bon Ton, no.2, plate 10, 1923
AW 2011, Paris. Photo by Asha Mines
Panoramic, Autumn-Winter 1998. Show photographs by Chris Moore
Valentina posing for a Vogue editorial shot by Horst, wearing a bias-cut, wrap-and-tie jersey evening dress, March 1941. Photo by Horst. Private Collection, New York.
Collection Autumn/Winter 1976 in Stern Magazine. Copyright Hans Feurer-Stern
SS 2011, Paris. Photo by Asha Mines
sketches by RL
"The Look of Gatsby" Photo by Mellon Tytell of Donna Miller & Bob Clement c. 1972 NYC
Black and White Diamond Patterned Gown, Evening Winter 1938, Model 4555
Show Spring/Summer 2006. copyright Patrice Stable