Fashion & Couture

From legendary haute couture to the personal collections of cultural icons, Christie’s has been trusted by collectors and estates to bring exceptional garments, accessories and archives to market. Whether presenting a single masterpiece or an entire collection, we combine global reach, scholarly expertise and innovative marketing to achieve outstanding results.

Christie’s has been entrusted with the personal collections of fashion designers who changed our conception of style, from Coco Chanel and Elsa Schiaparelli, to L’wren Scott, Vivienne Westwood and Bill Blass. Beyond history-defining designers, we have been honoured to present the closets of muses, celebrated tastemakers and style icons such as Diana, Princess of Wales, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, Daphne Guinness, André Leon Talley, Donna Summer, Iris Apfel, Elton John, Zizi Jeanmaire, Mrs. John H. Gutfreund and Catherine Deneuve. Many of these collections support charitable causes including Vivienne Westwood’s collection which benefitted Amnesty International, Médecins Sans Fronteières, Greenpeace and The Vivienne Westwood Foundation. And our recent partnership with Meryl Streep and Disney to produce The Auction: Inside the Devil Wears Prada 2 from which the proceeds benefited non-profit organisations Committee to Protect Journalists and Council of Fashion Designers of America. These landmark auctions have captured international attention while preserving and celebrating the stories behind fashion’s most influential figures.