Object: Coat
Designer:
Philippe Venet
(born 1929)
Date: 1963
Medium: Double faced wool
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Hammond
Object number: 76.183.11
DescriptionDouble breasted coat in brushed double faced woolen; purple on one side and magenta red / purple on the other; open round neck with bias roll collar and magenta high lapels rolling to the left; long sleeves with top seam; with two sets of button closing 14 cm midriff; seven panel A-line skirt has hand slits in front panel on either side; seams and edges outlined with 1 cm stitching; couture
Label Text:Philippe Venet worked for Givenchy before opening his own couture house in 1962, and he was soon mentioned alongside Courrèges and Saint Laurent as a leading young couturier. Although Venet’s aesthetic tended toward the conservative, his business decisions were forward thinking: by 1965, he had launched a ready-to-wear label.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968