Evening coat
Saint Laurent's pink silk faille trench coat is a more contemporary a take on the evening wrap. The designer gave it to Mrs. Kempner on her fiftieth wedding anniversary. The coat's transposition from menswear and functional outerwear to formal womenswear is a strategy Saint Laurent employed from the beginning of his career with his own house and is consistent with the thinking that created "Le Smoking."
Artwork Details
- Title:Evening coat
- Design House:Yves Saint Laurent (French, founded 1961)
- Designer:Yves Saint Laurent (French (born Algeria) Oran 1936–2008 Paris)
- Date:fall/winter 2001–2
- Culture:French
- Medium:a) silk, abalone; b) silk
- Credit Line:Gift of Thomas L. Kempner, 2006
- Object Number:2006.420.56a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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