Object: Ensemble
Designer:
Azzedine Alaïa
(1939 - 2017)
Date: Winter 1985
Medium: Red wool broadcloth and jersey, black wool knit, black plastic, and black suede
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Azzedine Alaïa in Memory of Arthur Englander
Object number: 87.3.1
DescriptionRed wool oversize, flared trench coat with contrast black wool knit sweater and hood, plastic sunglasses, suede eyeglass case, gloves, belt, boots, stretch knit pantyhose
Label Text:This sculptural overcoat is softly shaped through expert pattern-cutting that wraps around the body at the waist and is gently pleated and flared at the back. Alaïa further illustrated wool’s versatility with dramatic knitted separates.
Exhibitions:
- Fabric In Fashion
- RED
- Form Follows Fashion