77.21.4

Images (5)

Paris Refashioned_44 Left to right 77.183.1 (coat), 77.21.4 (yellow coat), 78.85.3 (blue coat)

Exhibitionism_6 Left to right 2017.53.1 (black ensemble), 2008.91.1 (jacket), 77.21.4 (coat), 81.24.9 (orange pantsuit), 77.57.2 (dress)

Exhibitionism_5 Left to right 77.21.4 (coat), 81.24.9 (orange pantsuit), 77.57.2 (dress)

Technology_19 Left to right 71.213.18DE (boots case), 74.107.28 (dress), 88.25.1 (paper dress), 70.62.1 (pink dress), 89.97.17, 75.230.815, 89.61.1 (shoes case), 2005.36.1 (textile wall), 76.205.2 (black and gold dress), 88.78.1 (jumpsuit), 79.213.9 (hat case), 77.21.4 (yellow dress)

Object: Coat

Brand: Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (French, founded 1966)

Designer: Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008)

Date: Fall 1966

Medium: Vinyl and cotton

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Ethel Scull

Object number: 77.21.4

DescriptionDouble breasted coat in bright yellow vinyl; open round neck with peter pan collar; cotton knit sleeves with plastic cuffs. Matching tie belt.

Label Text:The Rive Gauche label was created to offer a fun, stylish, and affordable alternative to Saint Laurent’s couture creations – yet this raincoat would have cost around $665 today. As the fashion journalist Marilyn Bender observed, “Like the goose that lays golden eggs, Saint Laurent has pretty expensive notions of fun.”

Exhibitions:

Fashion and Technology
Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968
Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT