2014.21.2

Images (5)

Fundamental Forms. From left to right: dress by Madame Grès, 1978 (Angel Wing, 86.69.11); dress by Yves Saint Laurent, c.1968 (Bell, 2022.65.15); dress by Ossie Clark, c.1970 (Bishop, 94.111.1); dress by Ann Demeulemeester, fall 2001 (Batwing, 2002.17.1); man’s robe, circa 1925 (Kimono, 90.190.15); evening coat by Vionnet, 1938 (Lantern, P86.31.3); jacket, c.1895 (Leg-of-mutton, 91.20.3); suit by Fendi, c.1993 (Raglan, 2014.21.2).

From left to right: dress by Madame Grès, 1978 (86.69.11); dress by Yves Saint Laurent, c.1968 (2022.65.15); dress by Ossie Clark, c.1970 (94.111.1); dress by Ann Demeulemeester, fall 2001 (2002.17.1); man’s robe, c.1925 (90.190.15); evening coat by Vionnet, 1938 (P86.31.3); jacket, c.1895 (91.20.3); suit by Fendi, c.1993 (2014.21.2).

From left to right: dress by Ann Demeulemeester, fall 2001 (2002.17.1); man’s robe, c.1925 (90.190.15); evening coat by Vionnet, 1938 (P86.31.3); jacket, c.1895 (91.20.3); suit by Fendi, c.1993 (2014.21.2).

Jacket, c.1895 (left, 91.20.3); suit by Fendi, c.1993 (right, 2014.21.2).

Object: Suit

Brand: Fendi (Italian, founded 1925)

Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933 - 2019)

Date: c. 1993

Medium: Wool crepe and silk chiffon

Country: Italy

Credit Line: Gift of Carla LaMonte

Object number: 2014.21.2

DescriptionBlack suit; jacket and skirt in slub wool crepe; form fitting jacket with sheer raglan sleeves and back yoke in silk crepe chiffon; knee-length straight skirt

Label Text:Raglan sleeves are made with a diagonal seam from the collarbone to the underarm, highlighted by the use of sheer fabric in this Fendi design. This sleeve style is named after FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, who purportedly devised it after losing an arm in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.

In Collection(s)

1990s

Exhibitions:

Statement Sleeves