Not on display

Ensemble

1987 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Chanel (designed for)
Lagerfeld, Karl (designer)
Place of origin
France (made)

Woman's suit consisting of a jacket and dress of black bouclé-weave wool lined with silk.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Day Wear
Formal Wear
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Ensemble
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Dress
  • Jacket
Materials and techniques
Bouclé-weave wool lined with silk, and gilt metal
Bouclé Material
Silk (Textile)
Gilt Metal
Wool (Textile)
Lined
Brief description
Woman's suit consisting of a jacket and dress of bouclé-weave wool lined with silk, designed by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel, France, 1987
Physical description
Woman's suit consisting of a jacket and dress of black bouclé-weave wool lined with silk.
Production typeHaute couture
Gallery label
(1988)
DAY ENSEMBLE
DRESS AND JACKET
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Paris, Autumn/Winter 1987
Wool bouclé and wool jersey

Karl Lagerfeld has retained the classic quality of the Chanel suit with its cardigan style, collarless jacket finished with gilt buttons and weighted chain, worn with a fitted short-sleeved dress. The combination of striped wool bouclé and plain wool jersey recalls the soft tweeds and braided trimmings of the earlier styles while at the same time introducing a contemporary wide-shouldered silhouette and short tight skirt.

Given by Chanel
T.4&A-1988
Credit line
Given by Chanel
Object history
Registered File number 1988/57.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.4&A-1988

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O365941/ensemble-lagerfeld-karl/
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