Liz Goldwyn Auctions Pieces From Susan Cianciolo's Run Cianciolo Collection

Beginning March 30, Liz Goldwyn, vintage collector/filmmaker/author and Hollywood royalty, is selling to auction a time capsule of 1990s-early 2000s anti-fashion history: pieces by New York designer Susan Cianciolo.

Made from deconstructed and reconstructed recycled clothing and textiles, Cianciolo's 11 Run collections produced from 1995 to 2001 was one - unique handcrafted alternatives to the dominant Gap khaki and sleek minimalist fashion of the time.

Part of the downtown New York art scene, Cianciolo produced his collections with a collective of family and friends, and presented them in shows resembling happenings with film projections, aerial models suspended from the ceiling, or in an ephemeral restaurant in a gallery, for example. Goldwyn produced some of these shows and hosted one, alongside model Frankie Rayder, artist Anh Duong and actress Julianne Nicholson.

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Goldwyn met Cianciolo in 1996, while working in costume and conservation at Sotheby's New York, and the two became muses for each other. Together they created garments such as a tiered denim skirt that is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute's permanent collection, as well as a custom dress from 1998 that was featured as part of the exhibition "In America: A Lexicon of Fashion".

Goldwyn and Cianciolo, who now works as a visual artist, have teamed up for the auction with the Bridget Donahue gallery and Special Offer Inc., an emerging media company that produced a video with archival footage of broadcasts and commentary from those days gone by.

"You feel like you're seeing a love letter to New York in the 1990s" , said Goldwyn, whose most recent book, "Sex, Health and Consciousness: How to Reclaim Your Pleasure Potential" (Sounds True) was released in October.

An auction piece from the Susan Cianciolo Run collection.

Over the years Goldwyn has amassed a fashion archive with thousands of garments and accessories , with a particular focus on Yves Saint Laurent, Sonia Rykiel and Cianciolo.

"I loved the artistry and she had a whole cult like world. I I definitely fell in love. She had all these female artists and models and musicians working and collaborating alongside her, it supported her and we had an artistic shortcut," Goldwyn said. "It was fun to be in, too. the world of Sotheby's and to have access to archival treasures, and to bring her something to see what she would do with it."

There are 56 pieces up for auction at , including an "I Love New York" corset T - shirt, deconstructed dresses, a multi-piece burlesque costume and a set of Barbie dolls with miniature clothes from the Run collection. Videos and commentary will be released online after the auction ends in mid-April, like a museum exhibit that lives digitally.

"I don't think anyone would see his clothes and think of a corporate suit, but he there are some things in the sale that were my corporate looks, uptown I would go from Canal Street where we both live...