Cocktail suit

Clothes for Women

Inventory number
2018.8.22.6ab.CW.SU.C1995.FR
Author:
House of Lecoanet Hemant (French, founded 1981)
Description
Gold guipure evening set doubled with beige silk, decorated with ostrich feathers and consisting of a  top with buttons on the back and a skirt.

The 90s saw the grouping of luxury houses under the banner of holding companies. Some will perpetuate a work of haute couture workshop elfs in the shadow of the spotlight, like this cocktail suit, creation of the house Lecoanet-Hemant. While others will opt for a luxury ready-to-wear, aware that their new customers prefer a logo to the complexity of tailor-made.
Materials
Silk
Guipure
Ostrich feathers
Origin
circa 1995 France

Exhibition History
2018.9.1 - 2018.9.30 – "Centenary of the fashion through the Alexandre Vassiliev Collection. 1914-2018", Château de Querrieu, Querrieu, France