Above: vintage Azzedine Alaïa leather skirt.
is a sort of search engine for predominantly twentieth century fashion, jewellery, furniture and art for sale. You can use it to search the stock of some of the world's leading dealers, like the brilliant
Decoratum in London. Even if you don't intend to buy anything it is fascinating to browse the site looking at the things for sale, from the vintage fashion to the contemporary classic furniture. They also have good features on various designers and creators, as well information about current art/design exhibitions. And in case you need a further reason to have a look, Tom Ford was quoted in a
recent interview as saying the main things he uses his computer for are browsing 1stdibs.com and watching straight porn. Make of that what you will.
I've picked out a selection of cool fashion and furniture things which are currently on the site.
More vintage Alaïa from the 80s and 90s:
Jean Paul Gaultier:
Christian Lacroix:
Emilio Pucci:
There is lots of vintage Yves Saint Laurent:
Alexander McQueen:
Vintage Chanel... this bag is beautiful:
Vintage Chanel gold chain in lucite:
Chanel 'pop art' earrings:
Vintage Chanel Haute Couture ring:
Chanel ski:
Vintage Balenciaga from 1962.. wonder if this was the archive reference that Ghesquière used for his amazing SS08 Balenciaga florals collection?
Vintage Valentino Basquiat bag:
Forgot to write down who this amazing Egyptian necklace is by:
Goyard:
Paco Rabanne:
Paco Rabanne zodiac necklace:
Pierre Cardin:
Futuristic Cardin watch:
1980s Givenchy:
Thierry Mugler:
Vintage Jean-Charles de Castelbajac blanket coat and beret coat:
Emilio Pucci cushions:
Campana Brothers chair:
Rare Arne Jacobsen swan chair on wooden legs instead of a single metal support:
Arne Jacobsen 4130 chairs, 1957 originals:
Original Arne Jacobsen Giraffe chairs from the SAS Royal Hotel in Copenhagen:
Original Eero Aarnio Pony chair from 1973:
Studio 65's Capitello chair:
Superonda Wave Sofa by Archizoom:
Willy Guhl concrete planters:
Vico Magistretti Atollo lamps:
Beautiful and very rare 1950s Finland coffee set by Saara Hopea-Untracht:
Detail of a Paco Rabanne white leather and metal rivet bedspread...groovy:
Rolf Sinnemark teapot:
Pair of Stefan Zwicky's concrete Corubiser chairs:
1980s Italian sideboard:
Joe Colombo Stella Chairs, 1953:
Multi-function 'kitchen robot,' 1950s Italy:
Rosewood and perspex executive desk, 1960s France:
Lioness serving tray, 1930s Czech Republic:
Pierre Cardin glassware:
Michael Graves for Swid Powell tea set:
Richard Meier for Swid Powell Skyscraper bowl:
See all of this and more at
1STDIBS.COM.
PS. thank you SO MUCH to everyone who has emailed/tweeted at me, or commented on the blog, to let me know about a *certain* Raf Simons jacket that has popped up for sale recently. Auction ends on Sunday...I literally cannot think about anything else at the moment!
The New Décor was a brilliant exhibition at the Hayward Gallery last summer featuring pieces by 36 contemporary artists from 22 different countries whose work explores furniture and interior design. The exhibition ended in September, and I've been meaning to post these pictures for some time.
Untitled (2010) by Franz West:
Cama by Los Carpinteros (Marco Antonio Castillo Valdés and Dagoberto Rodríguez Sánchez):
Chain Leather Swing by Monica Bonvicini:
Boy Scout by Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset:
Schwebender Tisch (Floating Table) by Roman Signer:
Light by Yuichi Higashionna:
Smoke Spheres 2:4 by Angela Bulloch:
Untitled (2004) by Gelitin (Wolfgang Gantner, Ali Janka, Florian Reither and Tobias Urban):
Bed Head by Jim Lambie:
Some Broken Morning by Martin Boyce:
Get Yr Freak On by Jim Lambie:
The hanging light installation is Night Sky by Spencer Finch:
The pink mirrored screen is Comfortably Numb by Tom Burr:
Floor by Jim Lambie:
Read more about the artists and the exhibition here.
