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Fuschia jacket with black lapels and single button, padded shoulders; knee length red skirt
evening suit; jacket, skirt
Fuschia jacket with black lapels and single button, padded shoulders; knee length red skirt
Suit
Brand (French, founded 1966)
Designer (1936 - 2008)
Retailer (American, founded 1876)
1988
Fuchsia, red, and black silk satin
France
Gift of Rose Marie Bravo
Object number2005.90.6
In the 1970s, the rise of women in the workplace boosted the popularity of masculine-inspired suits. Yves Saint Laurent not only designed some of the best examples of the pantsuit, he pioneered the female tuxedo - "Le smoking" - and made it fashionable. This male costume reconfigured for women was as important an innovation as Chanel's suits had been a few decades earlier.
DescriptionTuxedo or smoking style evening suit in two-tone silk satin; fuchsia jacket with contrast black peaked lapels and single button, stand collar variation, padded shoulders; short red straight skirt
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