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Skirt Suit
1988 (made)
Artist/Maker
Yves Saint Laurent (designed for)
Saint-Laurent, Yves (designer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Black wool and satin jacket and black wool skirt with black satin panel.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Clothing
Object type
Skirt suit
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jacket
  • Skirt
Titles
  • le smoking (popular title)
  • Rive Gauche (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Black wool and satin
Wool
Satin
Brief description
Jacket and skirt, black wool and satin, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, France, 1988.
Physical description
Black wool and satin jacket and black wool skirt with black satin panel.
Gallery label
(1998)
Black wool gabardine suit with satin facing on the skirt which echo the jacket lapels.
Credit line
Given by Jill Ritblat
Other number
297 - Ritblat catalogue
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.147:1, 2-2011

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Record createdSeptember 19, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1240701/le-smoking-skirt-suit-saint-laurent-yves/
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