Vintage Chanel - Champagne Silk Blouse 1980s

Detail: Chanel BOUTIQUE, square cut champagne satin silk blouse featuring the classic Chanel pussy-bow tie neck. Vertical pleats to front, with hidden buttoned fastening. Two signed monogram buttoned cuffs. Exquisite tailoring throughout.

Period: Early 1980s 

Colour: Champagne

Sizing: UK10-12. Small. Shoulders 16". Shoulder seam to cuff 22". Bust 36". Waist 36". Length 25"

Fabric: 100% Satin Silk

Condition: Excellent / several minor darker stains to inside of tie-neck fabric.

Origin: France

Care: Dry Clean

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 Karl Lagerfeld.  Chanel BOUTIQUE champagne satin silk blouse featuring the classic Chanel pussy-bow tie neck