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