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Suit

Clothes for Women
Inventory number
2019.7.31.4ac.CW.SU.C1965.FR
Authors:
House of Chanel (French, founded 1909)
Saks Fifth Avenue (American, founded 1867)
Description
Day suit made of wool boucle on a silk lining.
Ivory boucle collarless jacket & straight skirt, raspberry wool woven & knit sleeveless sweater. Jacket with 4 patch pockets, jacket perimeter, cuffs & pocket edged in navy wool braid, raspberry silk knit trim, gold lion head buttons.

Coco Chanel always wore this costume when she worked.
Material
Wool
Origin
circa 1965 Paris, France
Exhibitions History
• 2015.10.22. ‘Chanel Couture. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Vaidila theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2018.09.20–2019.09.10. ‘Magicians of Parisian fashion. 1920–1999. From Alexandre Vassiliev foundation collection.’ Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• 2021.09.17–2021.11.14. ‘To Play To The Gallery. Fashion And Portrait.’ Together with Museum of Art and History, Geneva, Switzerland. Museum of Art and History, Palatine’s room, Geneva, Switzerland.