Christie’s King Street location brought in more than 20,000 visitors while the pieces were on view from June 14th to the 24th, and will hopefully continue to draw in younger clientele to the niche marquee.
Though most price tags stayed below £10,000, some pieces became significant contributors to the charities. Among them was an eggshell taupe, silk, corset dress worn by Westwood to a Victoria & Albert Museum gala event in 1998. It came from the 1998 "Dressed to Scale" collection and sold for £32,760, despite an estimate of £5,000 to £8,000.
Another impressive moment came when THE BIG PICTURE – Vivienne’s Playing Cards: Collect the cards. Connect the cards, sold for £37,800. Designed by Westwood in 2017, the deck of playing cards explores themes of social issues, such as climate change, the dangers of capitalism, and human rights. The cards serve as a rallying cry for those wishing not only to align with her aesthetic lineage, but her ideological one as well.
