77.57.4

Images (4)

Paris Refashioned_45 Left to right 77.57.3 (leather coat), 77.57.4 (coat), 78.85.3 (blue coat)

Paris Refashioned_48 Left to right 78.57.3B (green dress), 77.183.1 (two tone coat), 87.146.44 (striped jacket), 77.57.4 (coat)

Object: Coat

Designer: Sonia Rykiel (1930 - 2016)

Retailer: Laura

Date: c. 1965

Medium: Wool

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Sandy Horvitz

Object number: 77.57.4

DescriptionSelf striped cream wool double knit coat; open neck with yellow rib knit collar; low notched lapels; shelf yoke extending over shoulders with welt seaming in stitched in front princess seam; long sleeves; welt seam placed on slant on either side front; inverted welt seam from collar to hem at center back; sating lining; three button closing to waist

Label Text:Sonia Rykiel got her start at Laura, a Left Bank boutique owned by her husband. Her first design was for a perfectly fitted sweater that would suit her slender figure. She soon became known as the “Queen of Knits,” and many of her early designs look modern even today.

Exhibitions:

Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968