Tailleur by Thierry Mugler

Haute Couture is composed of two ateliers: one devoted to flou (dressmaking) and one to tailleur (tailoring).  

Thierry Mugler is a master of the tailleur.  His dramatic futuristic jackets made women look like super sexy, super heroine, femme fatales, were perfectly draped and cut.   Despite a certain amount of I am Woman, Hear Me Roar caricature to Mugler's designs there is a crisp precision to all of his clothes.  

Thierry Mugler suit.  Collection Met Museum.

They may be softened by a peplum 

1989 Mugler suit from RARE vintage.  Sold.

like the sequin edged scalloped peplum on this 1989 jacket that we had at RARE vintage awhile back.

The fit was irresistible to women and they flocked to Mugler's suits.

Thierry Mugler suit photographed by Helmut Newton 

and the same suit which we presently have at RARE Vintage for all of you Mugler/Helmut Newton vixens...

Mugler suit.  Available at RARE vintage.

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A Mugler suit in a Neiman Marcus catalog back in the day

and a modern day Mugler muse.  So cool don't you think?!  I love this look!

Here is a new, crazy beautiful Mugler jacket in an amazing pearl colored silk organza with a wave detail collar and waist cinched by a signature Mugler silver belt buckle (belt is signed Thierry Mugler) at RARE vintage.  I'm thinking how incredible this jacket would look with a pair of high lace up boots...

Mugler pearl organza jacket.  Available at RARE vintage

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Chanel Haute Couture in Black

All of the beautiful and dark Chanel couture at yesterday's show has put me in the mood for a little beautiful and dark Chanel haute couture at RARE vintage.  

The classic.  Black with black trim and two pockets on the jacket.  Wear it with a whimsical hat set on the back of your head and Chanel Le Vernis in Blue Satin.  

Chanel haute couture suit in black.  Size 4.  

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Chanel Part Two: Getting Hauter!

Romy Schneider, Tina Chow and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.  Many of RARE vintage's fashion icon Goddesses have worn Chanel haute couture.

Romy Schneider wearing Chanel and being directed by Visconti.  Photograph by the Life photographer, John Phillips.

Tina Chow in Karl Lagerfeld's first haute couture collection for the House of Chanel.  This is my DREAM dress to own so if anyone has one they would like to part with, please give us a call at RARE vintage!

Jacqueline Kennedy's Chanel haute couture suit from the Met's Jacqueline Kennedy: The White House Years.

Why have so many fashionable and independently minded woman chosen Chanel?  Maybe it is because in her designs there was boyishness and irresistible femininity.  She worked with jersey, chiffon, silk ribbons and lace.  There was also elegance and sweetness mixed with practicality.

Karl Lagerfeld, let's face it, does pretty much everything brilliantly.  He keeps the House of Chanel relevant by making the old new.  He has a sense of humor in his designs whether it is a more recent DJ inspired plastic, metal and jeweled necklace or a 1980s  leather motorcycle jacket where the pockets evoke the classic quilted bag.

But he also does some of the most heart poundingly beautiful dresses.  And if those dresses are ready-to-wear, they can be incredibly beautiful, but if they are haute couture, well, then you know you have died and gone to heaven because those are the pieces that make people cry from sheer beauty at the end of a fashion show.   This really happens -  grown men and women sob. Well, dry your eyes and take a look at our very beautiful , very fine, very this is what it means to be haute couture, midnight blue lace and organza Chanel dress.

You know the 'Forever' stamps that the post office has?  Well, this is a forever dress for a collector, for a mother to buy for her daughter, for a woman to wear on her wedding day (something blue), for a special event or because you never dreamed that you could or would buy Chanel haute couture and now here is your chance!

Early 1980s midnight blue lace and organza gown.  Size 4/6.

For more information about this item please email info@rarevintageinc.com or call (212) 581 7273