Plenty of designer vintage clothing commands respectable prices, but few compare to the rarest of the rare – runway designer pieces that are often only found in galleries and museums.

Occasionally, some of these fashion items turn up on the secondary market and when they do, command serious dosh, often north of $30,000 – and that’s just for one piece. These designs were pivotal moments in fashion’s history and widely recorded in the press.

A selection of dresses at dot COMME’s vintage boutique, including Rei Kawakubo’s dress from the “lumps and bumps” collection in 1997 (second from the right). Credit: dot Comme

Take, for example, Martin Margiela’s “Bodice”, part of the Belgian designer’s Autumn/Winter collection of 1997, made from linen is individually numbered and lettered and ref

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