A Chanel couture striped-satin cocktail dress has sold at Kerry Taylor Auctions for £17,000 ($26,118).
Estimated to be worth a mere £1,200, the breathtaking bandeau dress sold on June 25, with a 1,317% increase.
 Magnifique: The top-performing Chanel cocktail dress |
Labelled and numbered 4078, the dress hails from Chanel's Spring-Summer 1956 collection (conceived under the stewardship of Coco Chanel herself), which was defined by wasp-waists and voluminous, calf-length skirts.
The garment features a boned, strapless, satin bodice striped in burgundy and ivory and a spotted organdie skirt.
A rare pair of Diana Slip fetish boots also put in a strong performance, bringing £2,600 ($3,994).
Circa 1930, the French fetish boots would have been almost impossible to walk in due to their torturous dimensions.
Diana Slip, a specialist lingerie and erotica company, was established in Paris by Leo Vidal during the 1930s.
Kerry Taylor Auctions assert: "They specialised in fetish clothes, saucy postcards and literature and everything madame or monsieur might require for the boudoir, so to speak."
 These Parisian kinky boots weren’t made for walking… |
Collectible clothing is an expansive and fascinating market.
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