IN WITH THE OLD
We love the chase!" Kerry Taylor, founder of Kerry Taylor Auctions, is crowing about acquiring a 17th-century gentleman's ruff, but she's equally excited about a 1960s Rudi Gernreich Kite dress that is about to go on the block.
For the past four decades, the London-based Taylor has been a one-woman vintage whirlwind. After joining Sotheby's in 1980, fresh out of art college, she spent the next 23 years there before striking out on her own-and the history of her business could serve as a primer to the rise in desirability, value, and prices of collectible fashion.
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