Not currently on display at the V&A

Coat

1964 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black velvet coat, flared, with a round-neck and three-quarter length kimono sleeves. In four pieces with side and centre back seams, and outside sleeve seams with underarm gusset. Lined in black silk taffeta.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Velvet lined in silk taffeta
Brief description
Velvet coat lined in silk taffeta, designed by Hubert de Givenchy, Paris, 1964
Physical description
Black velvet coat, flared, with a round-neck and three-quarter length kimono sleeves. In four pieces with side and centre back seams, and outside sleeve seams with underarm gusset. Lined in black silk taffeta.
Production typeHaute couture
Marks and inscriptions
'GIVENCHY, PARIS' (Woven label, white on black)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Gilbert Miller
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971 128
Collection
Accession number
T.226-1974

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Record createdSeptember 4, 2007
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