Suit
Roberto Cavalli showed his first line in 1972 and quickly gained attention for his patented process of printing leather as well as his patchwork designs. This early example of his work exhibits both in a whimsical fairy tale design on pieced leather.
Artwork Details
- Title: Suit
- Designer: Roberto Cavalli (Italian, 1940–2024)
- Date: ca. 1974
- Culture: Italian
- Medium: leather
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Kay Kerr Uebel, 1987
- Object Number: 2009.300.1035a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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