Suit
Brand
Fendi
(Italian, founded 1925)
Designer
Karl Lagerfeld
(1933 - 2019)
c. 1993
Wool crepe and silk chiffon
Gift of Carla LaMonte
Object number2014.21.2
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.
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 skirtCollections
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