Tom Ford's Gucci: Vintage of Tomorrow? - Harper's BAZAAR

Check out this fun and informative article, What Will Be the Vintage of Tomorrow? - Harper's BAZAAR. I enjoyed the insights on the future must have vintage couture.

Evening dress and belt, fall/winter 1996–97. Tom Ford (American, born 1961), for Gucci. Image by Met Museum.


A great quote from the article concerns how to begin to decide which pieces to buy for a collection:

"Harold Koda, curator in charge of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, says that the basic criteria for a collectible design are that it "has wide influence, represents its time, and is idiosyncratic enough that it has individual presence." ( What Will Be the Vintage of Tomorrow? - Harper's BAZAAR).

Read on at:
http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/vintage-of-tomorrow-0507






Image Citation:
"Tom Ford: Evening dress and belt (1999.136.3a,b)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1999.136.3a,b (October 2006)