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February fashion update

February 8, 2010 --

The Legacy of Personal Artifacts
by Cathy Rae Smith founder of Culture Magazine

Oprah once said that our environments lend evidence to who we are (paraphrased here, of course). Not all of us can afford to acquire, or have access to, pieces once owned by royalty. However, there are several grades of gray between the black and white of royal style versus slum digs. Reading over details of an amazing auction event led me to ponder the concept of how we communicate who we are, both in the immediacy of the clothes we don daily and in the environments we create to inhabit.

Christie’s held an auction this year touted as “The Sale of the Century.” It was to sell the personal effects of haute couture designer Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berger. It took place in the 13,000 square meter main exhibition hall of the Grand Palais in Paris. The catalog of items, a beautiful manuscript detailing pieces ranging from Brancusi sculpture to Eileen Gray furniture, sold out long before the event took place. Connoisseurs, collectors, and the enlightened curious packed the event to clamor over the 733 pieces of personal artifacts from this fashion legend. The result was sales of over half a billion dollars.



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