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Auction at Sotheby's Paris
3 OCTOBER 2017

1921-2010: LES PETITES ROBES NOIRES

140 Haute Couture Items from the Private Collection of Didier Ludot

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Paul Poiret - 1921
« Madone » model
Embroidered satin dress
Estimate : €2,000-3,000
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Jean Patou - 1925
« Nuit de Chine » model Chinoiserie beaded tunic
This dress was exhibited at the Fashion Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art's ‘China' exhibition, 2015
Estimate : €2,500-3,500
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Jeanne Lanvin - 1938
Wool crepe dress, large woven label, with top-stitched circles to the shoulders, silver leather edging to the neck and cuffs
Estimate : €1,000-1,500
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Jeanne Lanvin - 1938
Wool crepe dress, large woven label, with top-stitched circles to the shoulders, silver leather edging to the neck and cuffs (detail)
Estimate : €1,000-1,500
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Lucien Lelong - 1947
Couture silk crepe dinner dress
Estimate : €800-1,200
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Christian Dior - 1950
A pin-taffeta gown
Estimate: €2,000-3,000
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Balenciaga - 1953
Robe de petit dîner
A couture embroidered gros de Naples silk gown
Estimate : €3,000-5,000
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Givenchy - Autumn / Winter 1956
Robe de petit dîner A couture black satin dress
Estimate : €1,500-2,000
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Balenciaga - 1958
A couture lace ‘baby doll' dress from Maison Marescot
Estimate : €2,000-3,000
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Christian Dior by Yves Saint Laurent
Autumn / Winter 1960
A silk faille cocktail dress
Estimate : €1,500-2,500
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Chanel - 1960
A couture goffered chiffon dress Same model worn by par Delphine Seyrig in the movie by Alain Resnais : « L'année dernière à Marienbad », 1961
A similar dress in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London's collections
Estimate : €2,500-3,000 €
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Pierre Cardin - 1969
« Car Wash » model
A crepe cocktail dress with looped fringes A similar dress in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, and colorful dress in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London's collections
Estimate : €500-900
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Givenchy by Alexander Mac Queen - 1998
Givenchy by Alexander McQueen bugle beaded sheath
Estimate : €1,000-1,500
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Junya Watanabe for Comme des Garçons
Spring / Summer 2005
A ‘zipper' dress
Estimate: €1,000-1,500
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