About

Cloth Opera is an independent archive and publication dedicated to the preservation of fashion history. Cloth Opera pairs hyper-specific historical research with a curated selection of archival pieces available for purchase. 

Cloth Opera documents the details that tend to disappear from mainstream fashion histories. It spills the industry gossip that circulates quietly among those who have spent decades working in fashion.

Cloth Opera is produced by an independent writer and archivist based in London, with professional experience working with large-scale fashion archives. It is also informed by over a decade of selling designer vintage - at London’s Portobello Market and online - grounding the research in first-hand knowledge of how garments circulate and accumulate cultural value.

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Selected Research

Yves Saint Laurent Was On Something
Dior’s Heir and the Aesthetics of Excess

Focus: Yves Saint Laurent Fall 1988 Chandelier Jacket
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