Pierre Balmain sequined tulle ball gown with painted velvet...

Pierre Balmain sequined tulle ball gown with painted velvet pheasant feathers, Spring/Summer 1961. Photographed by Fiona Golfar.

Exploring the vast vintage fashion collection of Vogue’s Hamish Bowles:

“I have been amassing examples of fashion history since I was a little boy, when my pocket money of 50 pence a week (about 75 cents) could just about get me little Victorian purses and scraps of lace—if I really saved up.”

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