Coat
Brand
Calvin Klein
(American, founded 1968)
Designer
Francisco Costa
(born 1964)
Spring 2009
Silk and Lucite
Gift of Calvin Klein, Inc.
Object number2010.52.2
Francisco Costa’s spring 2009 collection was a meditation on cubes and prismatic forms. The architectural silhouette of this coat projects a clean geometry commonly associated with minimalist art. By the mid-2000s, a “new austerity” had entered fashion, which was described by journalist Harriet Walker as being “concerned with an architectural purity.”
DescriptionWhite textured silk oversize collarless coat with two large clear Lucite hooks at curved off center front closure; one-piece raglan sleeve and yoke at front and back; above knee length; 3/4 length sleeve; front and back semi princess seams with pegged skit pocket at lower panel; large tailor button holes without welt at front closure; fagoting stitch at seams, seams lay tightly together unlike traditional fagotting the effect has a lacey semi open lookCollections
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