75.156.1

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Night and Day_29 Left to right 88.72.3 (suit), 84.114.6 (black dress), 78.147.7 (dress), 75.156.1 (suit and blouse), 81.24.9 (pantsuit hidden), 2000.8.1 (dress), 76.13.7F (textile wall), 90.170.22 (bag case), 2007.46.79 (hat case), 71.254.136 (bag case)

Object: Suit

Brand: Chanel (French, founded 1914)

Designer: Gabrielle Chanel (1883 - 1971)

Date: c. 1968

Medium: Wool tweed, silk, and gold metal

Country: France

Credit Line: Gift of Vicki Cowen

Object number: 75.156.1

DescriptionThree-piece suit with double breasted jacket and mock wrap skirt in red and off white wool tweed with irregular horizontal stripes and purple, blue and green slubs; long sleeve shirt with LF gold metal buttons, in bright red, yellow, fuchsia pink, purple, orange and brown large printed pattern of overlapping circles

Label Text:A traditional Chanel day suit consists of a jacket and skirt that are lined in the same fabric used to make the coordinating blouse. Chanel designed this suit when she was in her eighties, yet the bright palette and bold pattern are evidence that her style remained in step with contemporary fashion. Consummate attention to minute detail is seen in the buttonholes of the blouse that are each sewn in a different color to match the pattern.

Exhibitions:

Night and Day