Object: Suit
Designer:
Jean-Louis Scherrer
(1935 - 2013)
Date: c. 1964
Medium: Wool tweed, silk, and gold tone metal
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Cristina Noble
Object number: 2014.15.24
DescriptionSuit set; jacket, skirt, blouse, cufflinks; jacket and skirt in pale blue and brown wool tweed; coordinating tweed print silk blouse in white, grey and black; gold lion head cufflinks; Couture
Label Text:French couturier Jean-Louis Scherrer copied Chanel’s iconic threepiece suit during the height of its popularity. He incorporated all the hallmarks of a Chanel suit, including its fabric, self-tie blouse, chain, and lion-head buttons. Chanel’s reaction is unknown, but she once said, “The very idea of protecting the seasonal arts is childish. One should not bother to protect that which dies the minute it is born.”
Exhibitions:
- Faking It: Originals, Copies, and Counterfeits