Vintage 1980s Couture Chanel Cream Suit

Detail: Vintage couture Chanel cream suit from the 1980s. Classic Chanel boulce wool weave. A-line skirt and box jacket with gold-tone button fastening. Four pockets to face. Gold-tone chain trim to belt, worn over skirt waistline (no belt loops), leather backed in cream. Bracelet sleeve with buttoned cuffs. Zip fastening to skirt. Both pieces are fully lined in cream silk. Serial Authentication No. 62649

Period: Late 1980s - Acquired from the original Chanel client.

Colour: Cream / Gold Trim

Sizing: UK10-12

Jacket: Shoulders seam to seam 15". Sleeve shoulder seam to cuff 21". Bust 38". Length 22".

Skirt: Waist 32". Hips 40". Length 28".  

Fabric: 100% Wool Boluce Wool. 100% Silk Lining

Condition: Excellent. The suit is in beautiful condition for its age. However, there is a stain on the inside jacket lining, measuring 7" x 1". Not visable when worn. Review the final image. We have non-chemically dry cleaned this suit. The selling price has been reduced to account for the stain

Origin: France

Care: Specialist Dry Clean

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. Chanel Couture late 1970s cream Suit.