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Medium: Red wool broadcloth and jersey, black wool knit, black plastic, and black suede
Date: Winter 1985
Country: France
Credit: Gift of Azzedine Alaïa in Memory of Arthur Englander
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.
Object Number: 87.3.1