Coat
Brand
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
(French, founded 1966)
Designer
Yves Saint Laurent
(1936 - 2008)
Fall 1966
Vinyl and cotton
Gift of Ethel Scull
Object number77.21.4
The Rive Gauche label was created to offer a fun, stylish, and affordable alternative to Saint Laurent’s couture creations – yet this raincoat would have cost around $665 today. As the fashion journalist Marilyn Bender observed, “Like the goose that lays golden eggs, Saint Laurent has pretty expensive notions of fun.”
DescriptionDouble breasted coat in bright yellow vinyl; open round neck with peter pan collar; cotton knit sleeves with plastic cuffs. Matching tie belt.Exhibitions