1980s Vintage Karl Lagerfeld Summer Silk Tweed Suit

Detail: Vintage mid 1980s Karl Lagerfeld skirt and jacket summer suit in a striking black, grey and cream. Produced in a tightly woven silk tweed for spring / summer. Straight skirt with long jacket and dolman sleeve construction. Beautiful double layered sweat-heart lapel. Engraved black KL branded black button fastening to jacket, pockets to face with rear zip and button fastening to skirt waistline. Both pieces are fully lined in satin silk. Tailoring and detail are really quite exquisite throughout.

Period: Mid 1980s 

Colour: Black, Grey & Cream 

Sizing: Small. UK10. Jacket: Bust 38". Waist 33". Hips 40". Length 30". Skirt: Waist 29". Hips 40". Length 24"

Fabric: 100% Silk 100% Silk Lining.

Condition: Excellent / Near Perfect

Origin: France

Care: Dry Clean

Karl Lagerfeld. 1980s Vintage Karl Lagerfeld Summer Silk Tweed Suit. 

Designer Coco Chanel gave the world the little black dress, Chanel No. 5 perfume, 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