Acceptance & Submission Guidelines Fashion
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Public information Acceptance & Submission Guidelines Fashion Fashion Because potential buyers come to Catawiki Premium Positioning looking for affordable and pre-owned luxury fashion, our in-house experts select every piece At Catawiki we auction for our auctions, ensuring they are of fashionable, vintage clothing and accessories premium quality and are presented in the best from all luxury brands, premium brands and possible way. designers which are hard to find and appealing to passionate fashion enthusiasts. We do this because we aim to keep our bidders excited, allowing them to find the pieces they’re interested in and to ensure our sellers have great selling experiences. Public information At Catawiki, we move constantly forward. Our positioning is evolving to a strong premium segment which opens more opportunities for success for us and for you. From the 14 million visitors that come to our platform every month, we gain valuable information on what they are passionate about and what they prefer to buy. With your help, we want to make sure we continuously meet this demand and offer the special objects that our growing number of bidders are excited about and want to buy. In these guidelines, we’ve defined what the special pieces are that bidders look for in our fashion auctions. We’ll also state what we require from you to successfully place them in auction. These guidelines serve to create a level playing field between all our sellers. We will be happy to make room in our auctions for your lots that meet this high quality demand, and we will aim to shape ourselves to better fit you. Our experts and account managers will be fully supporting and guiding you for success on Catawiki. Thank you for being with us on this exciting journey! Public information For our auctions we seek and select genuine pieces that are: Product Guidelines ● vintage and modern fashion clothing and accessories ○ vintage - up to the early 90s ○ modern - from the early 90s to the present At Catawiki we auction ● made for men or women fashionable, vintage clothing and ● from a list of luxury brands, premium brands or accessories from all luxury brands, designers premium brands and designers. ● pre-owned or new ● fashionable, suitable for the current season or iconic and collectable ● in very good and wearable condition ● worth a minimum value of €75 for clothing, bags and accessories Pre-owned Luxury Fashion - Clothing ◈ We’re looking for the following new and pre-owned items, by luxury designers and premium brands: ● Dresses ● Blazers ● Outerwear ● Suits ◈ From selected luxury designers and luxury brands we also accept: ● Gilets and waistcoats ● T-shirts and tops ● Skirts, trousers and shorts ● Knitwear Versace ● Blouses, shirts and polo shirts ● Beachwear Tom Ford ● Denim jackets and jeans Pre-owned Luxury Fashion - Accessories ◈ We’re looking for the following new and pre-owned accessories by luxury designers and premium brands: ● Shoes and boots ● Fashion ● Glasses and sunglasses jewellery ◈ From selected luxury designers and luxury brands we also auction: ● Small leather goods ● Hats Matching sets such as: ● Belts ● Scarves ● Hat and scarf/gloves ● Gloves ● Ties ● Bag and wallet Pre-owned Luxury Bags ◈ We’re looking for the following new and pre-owned bags by luxury designers and premium brands: ● Handbags ● Shoulder bags ● Tote bags ● Clutch bags ● Travel bags ● Suitcases ● Briefcases Pre-owned Luxury Lifestyle Objects ◈ From selected luxury designers and luxury brands we also auction: ● Umbrellas ● Sports equipment ● Golf bags ● Ashtrays ● Pet accessories ● Original fashion illustrations/photographs ● Playing cards and toys ● Home textiles ● Trunks Items not suitable for our Fashion auctions ◈ These include: ✘ Unbranded clothing ✘ Pieces of designer ✘ VIP gifts are no ✘ Prototypes/samples and accessories jewellery made of longer suitable ✘ Underwear ✘ Multiple brands in precious metals or ✘ Perfumes one lot gemstones ✘ Exotic leather, unbranded items Chopard ring Nina Ricci vintage perfume Louis Vuitton - VIP Louis Vuitton - VIP gift gift - snow globe leather bracelet Chanel - VIP gift - umbrella Patek Philippe - Chanel - VIP gift - snow globe VIP gift - tie Examples of Desired Brands List of Luxury Brands 3.1 PHILLIP LIM CANALI GUCCI MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION SERGIO ROSSI A. TESTONI CARTIER GUY LAROCHE MISSONI SONIA RYKIEL AF VANDEVORST CARVEN HELMUT LANG MIU MIU STELLA MCCARTNEY AGNONA CASADEI HERMÈS MONCLER STEPHEN SPROUSE AKRIS CÉLINE HERNO MONTBLANC STONE ISLAND ALAÏA CHANEL ISABEL MARANT MOSCHINO STUART WEITZMAN ALBERTA FERRETTI CHLOÉ ISSEY MIYAKE MULBERRY SUTOR MANTELLASSI ALESSANDRO DELL'ACQUA CHOPARD JACOB COHEN MUST DE CARTIER THIERRY MUGLER ALEXANDER MCQUEEN CHRISTIAN DIOR JC DE CASTELBAJAC NANCY GONZALEZ PAULA CADEMARTORI ALEXANDER WANG CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN JEAN PAUL GAULTIER NARCISO RODRIGUEZ PETER PILOTTO ALTUZARRA CHRISTOPHER KANE JEREMY SCOTT OSCAR DE LA RENTA PHILIPP PLEIN ANN DEMEULEMEESTER CHURCH'S JIL SANDER PACO RABANNE PRADA ANTONIO MARRAS COMME DES GARCONS JIMMY CHOO PAULA CADEMARTORI PROENZA SCHOULER ANYA HINDMARCH DELVAUX JM WESTON PETER PILOTTO RALPH LAUREN AQUAZZURA DIOR HOMME JOHN LOBB PHILIPP PLEIN VIONNET AQUILANO RIMONDI DOLCE & GABBANA KARL LAGERFELD PRADA VIVIENNE WESTWOOD ATTOLINI DRIES VAN NOTEN KENZO PROENZA SCHOULER YOHJI YAMAMOTO AZZARO DSQUARED2 LANVIN RALPH LAUREN YVES SAINT LAURENT BALDININI DUSAN LOEWE COLLECTION YVES SALOMON BALENCIAGA ELIE SAAB LONGCHAMP RENE CAOVILLA ZADIG & VOLTAIRE BALLY EMANUEL UNGARO LORO PIANA REPETTO BALMAIN EMILIO PUCCI LOUIS VUITTON ROBERT CLERGERIE BENEDETTA BRUZZICHES ERMANNO SCERVINO MAISON MARTIN ROBERTO CAVALLI BERLUTI ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA MARGIELA ROCHAS BLUMARINE ESCADA MALO RODARTE BOTTEGA VENETA ETRO MANOLO BLAHNIK ROGER VIVIER BRIONI FENDI MANSUR GAVRIEL RONALD KOLK BRUNELLO CUCINELLI GIORGIO ARMANI MARC JACOBS SAINT LAURENT BULGARI GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI MARCELO BURLON SALVATORE FERRAGAMO BURBERRY GIVENCHY MARNI SANTONI CALVIN KLEIN COLLECTION GOLDEN GOOSE MARTIN GRANT SARTORE CANADA GOOSE GOYARD MCM SCHIAPARELLI Brands that are not suitable ABERCROMBIE & FITCH ARMANI EXCHANGE ARMANI JEANS Download full list ASOS BANANA REPUBLIC BENETTON CUSTO BARCELONA DESIGUAL ESPRIT EVANS GUESS H&M HOLLISTER JIGSAW LIU JO MANGO MASSIMO DUTTI MISS SELFRIDGE ONLY RIVER ISLAND SISLEY SUPERDRY TED BAKER TOPSHOP UNIQLO VANS VERO MODA ZARA Style / Fashionable ❖ We’re looking for wearable clothing or fashion accessories of an appealing and fashionable style: ● BCBG Max Azria ● 3 buttons brown jacket, baggy dress with undesirable colour and uninteresting printed design vs 2 buttons pattern vs colourful modern fit Gucci jacket Versace jersey dress ● Miu Miu pumps with ● Brown dated style from the square-toed 90s vs modern Prada shoes vs Louis pointed shoes in blue Vuitton sleek colourway lace-up shoes ● Moncler jacket in ● Narrow black beige colourway, Gucci sunglasses straight design and with large mid length vs short temples vs Louis Moncler pink jacket Vuitton aviator with belt and modern sunglasses fit Collectable and Iconic We consider iconic Hermès Foulard and collectable fashion pieces that: ● are instantly recognisable and produced by design houses that have marked the history of fashion Chanel black ● were fashion Chanel runway tweed Suit Chanel timeless flap and white revolutions meant to bag brogues empower women and Chanel magnifying men and that glass loupe nowadays are necklace timeless pieces meant ◈ Examples of items that are not iconic and collectable Burberry trench to last forever coat ● never lose their charm over time nor go out of fashion and that any fashion collector Hermès Birkin would want to keep handbag Condition Grade and Condition The condition of the object is key and New greatly influences what we accept. It also A has a significant impact on the final selling price. B As new, unused At Catawiki we strive to present a C Excellent condition, barely used with selection of fashion clothing and minimal signs of wear accessories in very good condition, pieces that are torn/broken or badly D Very good condition, slightly used damaged or stained are generally with small signs of wear not accepted for auction. E Good condition, used with some Clothing generally needs to be in wearable signs of wear Christian Dior Lady Dior bag - condition, clean and preferably ironed for a very good condition F Fair condition, used with visible good presentation. signs of wear Vintage bags and accessories in fair condition, showing evident signs of wear, will only be accepted for high value brands such as Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton when the cost for restoration doesn’t exceed market value. Balenciaga Classic City handbag - fair condition Condition Grades - Bags Unused and undamaged Rarely used and very well bag with original looked after, small signs of A packaging (invoice, New VeryD good wear on exterior and (only PRO papers, authenticity card interior parts and dust bag) condition sellers) Unused and undamaged Occasionally used and with no signs of wear, looked after, with some AsB new missing original packaging GoodE condition signs of use on corners, or accessories bottom, handles and hardware Impeccable condition with Regularly used with visible barely noticeable signs of signs of wear and tear on ExcellentC use on exterior and interior FairF condition the interior and exterior parts parts - item requiring repair condition Condition Grades - Shoes Unused and undamaged Rarely used and very well with original packaging looked after, small signs of A (box, invoice, papers, New VeryD good