Date: Fri 02-Jul-1999

Publication: Ant

Author: CAROLL

Quick Words:

Fashion

Full Text:

Vintage Fashion Show

(with 13 cuts)

NEW YORK CITY -- Buyers lined up once again to get the first chance to buy at

Metropolitan's third Vintage Fashion and Antique Textile Show of 1999. The

event attracted hundreds of buyers including designers, stylists, museum

curators, dealers and collectors who were seeking out inspiration and items

for their personal collections. Designers from Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Jill

Stuart, Vivienne Tam and other New York fashion houses were among those

attending.

The event hosted 38 dealers selling antique clothing, textiles, and

accessories from the 1800s-1970s. Dresses, suits, coats, shoes, hats,

handbags, eyewear, swimwear, men's wear and accessories, lingerie, as well as

brocades, jacquards, embroidery, laces, quilts, books and prints were offered

at the three-day event. Designer pieces included Cardin, Chanel, Courreges,

Dior, Fortuny, Gernreich, Gucci, Halston, Hermes, McCardell, Norell, Pucci,

Quaint, St Lauren and Valentino. Dealers displayed offbeat, elegant and

eccentric clothing and accessories including Victorian and Edwardian gowns and

walking suits; Asian garments and textiles including kimono and shibori

scarves; vintage swimwear from early wool jersey suits to tropical and sexy

60s and 70s bikinis; designer hats and suits from the 1920s-1950s; vintage

handbags; outrageous couture; bias-cut gowns and even sexy vintage lingerie

such as corsets and slips.

Dealers exhibiting included Suzi's Antiques of Farmville, Va.; Antique Textile

Resource of Bethesda, Md.; Barbara Q. Kennedy, Sinking Spring, Pa.; Hollywood

& Vine Co, Pound Ridge, N.Y.; as well as new exhibitors including Odds of New

York City.

Metropolitan's final event in 1999 will be October 7-10 at its new location,

123 West 18th Street. Metropolitan will host a benefit preview for

Citymeals-on-Wheels, a New York charity that provides meals to homebound

elderly New Yorkers. For show information and to order preview tickets,

212/463-0200, extension 236.