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playsuit

Playsuit
2015
Artist/Maker
Fifi Chachnil
Fifi Chachnil
Place of origin
paris

Playsuit, 'Babyloo', by Fifi Chachnil, flocked polka dot tulle, France, 2015

Object details

Categories
Womenswear
Underwear
Object type
playsuit
Titleplaysuit
Materials and techniques
Flocked tulle
Tulle
Brief description
Playsuit, 'Babyloo', by Fifi Chachnil, flocked polka dot tulle, France, 2015
Gallery label
(16/04/2016-12/03/2017)
Sugar and spice

Fifi Chachnil's lingerie often draws on vintage silhouettes. Her designs are feminine, flirtatious and spiced with a girlish playfulness and sentimentality. Her classic 'Babyloo' playsuit combines a blouse with bloomers styled like those worn by girls for gym in the 1920s.

Chachnil associates closely with Paris and Parisian women but she is inspired by 'toutes les filles' [every girl].

Playsuit ('Babyloo'), balconette bra and high-waist briefs
Fifi Chachnil
France, Paris, 2015
Playsuit: flocked tulle
Bra and briefs: tulle and charmeuse silk
V&A: T.12:1 to 3-2016
Given by Mademoiselle Fifi Chachnil
Lips and Tips by Revlon
Credit line
Given by Mademoiselle Fifi Chachnil
Object history
Registered file: 2016/161
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.12:1 to 3-2016

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Record createdDecember 14, 2015
Record URL
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