Object: Pantsuit
Brand:
Hyperbole
Designer:
André Courrèges
(1923 - 2016)
Date: c. 1967
Medium: Wool
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Phillip Schwartz
Object number: 81.132.6
DescriptionBrown wool suit with long sleeved battle jacket; convertible collar and flapped diagonal pockets; matching flared bottom pants with CF invisible zipper
Label Text:Hyperbole was André Courrèges’s second ready-to-wear label, and it offered clothing at even lower prices than his Couture Future line. Designs from both ready-to-wear collections were presented alongside his couture fashions, and all three collections bore similarities to one another. Courrèges believed that a democratic approach to fashion was crucial to the concept of modernity.
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968