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Exceptional Fashion: Featuring the Pucci Collection of Fiona Spear

Thu, Jun 25, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Tue, Jul 14, 2026 10:00AM EDT
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The fashion lover's auction: including rare sought-after vintage identical pieces as worn by Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and fabulous vintage fashion by Elsa Schiaparelli, Charles James, Karl Lagerfeld for Chloé, Patrick Kelly and featuring the Pucci collection of Fiona Spear. Dubbed Pucci’s ‘biggest fan’ by Vogue, the Australian-born New York resident and founder of Spear Design Group has been obsessively collecting the iconic kaleidoscopic printed fashion for decades, resulting in arguably the most comprehensive Pucci collection ever to be offered for sale.
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Lot 112

A rare Charles James for Samuel Winston gunmetal-grey silk-taffeta dress, circa 1952

Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
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bust approx 38in, 96cmwaist approx 26in, 66cm

 

Footnote: Samuel Winston was a New York retailer who hired famed couturier Charles James circa 1952 to create 30 designs each year. The partnership ended acrimoniously. Similar examples are held within the collection of The Met, accession numbers: 1992.261.2 dated circa 1946 &  2009.300.213a, b dated 1952. 

Condition

Area of discoloration approx 2cm long where someone has attempted to clean with watermark surrounding approx 10cm long, centre front bodice. This is not obvious in certain lights but noticeable in others. Faint watermark at front right skirt edge. Otherwise good condition and very fresh. 

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