1990s Black Vintage Chanel Cashmere Coat With Astrakhan Collar

Detail: Vintage Chanel BOUTIQUE black cashmere coat with astrakhan collar from the mid 1990s. Double breasted with pockets to face and gold CC monogram button fastening. Working monogram buttons are repeated to sleeve cuffs. Fully lined in black silk satin. Exquisite tailoring throughout.

Period: 1990s - Acquired from the original Chanel client; Paris, France.

Colour: Black

Sizing: UK10. Shoulders seam to seam 15". Sleeve shoulder seam to cuff 23". Bust 42". Waist 42". Hips 42". Length 43"

Fabric: 100% Cashmere. 100% Astrakhan. 100% Silk lining.

Condition: Excellent / Near Perfect

Origin: France

Care: Dry Clean

1990s Vintage Chanel Black Cashmere Coat With Astrakhan Collar.

Designer Coco Chanel gave the world the little black dress, and the revolutionary notion that style could be both classic and casual. Coco -- a nickname meaning "little pet" was raised in an orphanage, where she learned to sew. In 1910 she began selling hats from her own shop, and by the 1920s her fashion business had expanded to include a couture house, her own textile factory and a line of perfumes that included the famous No. 5. Chanel took women's fashions away from stiff corsets and introduced casual, practical clothing that borrowed fabrics and attitudes from men's fashion. She was the first to introduce black as a fashion color; her versatile, semi-formal "little black dress" became a Chanel trademark and an enduring fashion standard. During and after World War II Chanel's popularity waned, and her love affair with a Nazi officer sent her into a form of self-imposed exile in Switzerland for nearly 15 years. She made a comeback in 1954 and her designs became some of the most popular in the western world, especially in the United States. After her death the Coco Chanel Company was directed by designer Karl Lagerfeld.