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For Younger Collectors, Fashion Is the New Fine Art

Where figures like Mouna Ayoub, Azzedine Alaïa and Daphne Guinness once assembled private couture archives, a broad new audience of young buyers sees storied handbags and runway pieces as both personal expression and investment.

By Iman Sultan

The Runway-Ready Fashion of ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Is Coming to Christie’s

With pieces including Miranda Priestly’s Dries Van Noten and Schiaparelli jackets and Andy Sachs’ stained Gabriela Hearst dress and iconic cerulean sweater, you can "get your gorgeous on in time for fall," according to Meryl Streep.

By Elisa Carollo

Christie’s Rachel Koffsky On How the Handbag Became the Art Market’s Most Elegant Entry Point

Driven by Hermès devotees, archival Chanel aficionados and a renewed appetite for early-2000s fashion, the handbag market has become one of the auction world's most reliable pipelines for new collectors.

By Elisa Carollo

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