Dover Street Market and David Casavant are offering a chance to own pieces worn by Rihanna, Pharrell Williams, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa and Ye.
On Friday, the American designer, collector and fashion consultant will bring 26 pieces from his archive up for sale to the public for the first time at Dover Street Market in New York City.
The pieces, presented in nine looks, include items from Prada, Calvin Klein, Helmut Lang, Jil Sander and Raf Simons collected over the past 20 years. It includes a Raf Simons Patches bomber jacket from his Fall 2000 collection, worn by Rihanna at an event, and Lorde on her 2014 Billboard cover, Raf Simons’ “Consumed” tank top worn by Pharrell at the show NBA All-Star Game Halftime in 2018 with N*E*R*D, a black Helmut Lang leather jacket and shearling jacket from the Fall 1999 collection, even Miu Miu men’s cotton striped boxer shorts. Prices range from $150 to $13,000 and the sale will continue until every item is sold.
“I thought of it as a mix of greatest hits from my archive as well as specific pieces that create a cohesive story and aesthetic all together,” Casavant said. “I wanted it to be something the customer would dream of wearing, and that helped provide context around each item.”
Casavant wanted the offering to be a mix of generic vintage finds for museum-caliber pieces as well as items attached to big celebrity moments. “I love that there’s almost a celebrity memorabilia aspect to buying the piece, in addition to the fact that the item itself is a notable and rare item in fashion history,” he added.
Another look from the David Casavant archive sale at DSMNY.
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Born in Tennessee, Casavant began collecting vintage pieces at the age of 13. He later moved to London and attended Central Saint Martins. He created his archive in 2013 and published a book titled “The David Casavant Archive” in 2018.
Casavant revealed that he had wanted to sell pieces in his archive for some time and partnered with Dover Street Market to sell them “in a more intimate way,” he said.
“I wanted to start small and I wanted to start where you buy them physically in the store and not online,” he added. “Having to buy the pieces physically in the store adds a more democratic and exclusive aspect because you have to go there to see and buy them. Dover Street Market is the perfect fit for me as they really understood and were excited about the vision. Reselling is going to be a key element to staying in fashion and I wanted to be able to give them the highest form of idea of what reselling could be like in their store.
