Chanel Haute Couture Wool Tweed Skirt Suit with Removable Facings, Spring/Summer 1997

Chanel’s Spring / Summer 1997 Haute Couture collection designed by Karl Lagerfeld was presented at the Ritz Hotel in Paris and was described as one of his most luxurious collections. This fashion show marked a first for Chanel; Lagerfeld presented the haute couture collection alongside his fine jewelry collection, which included designs inspired by Coco Chanel’s famous Bijoux de Diamants collection of 1932.

For this collection, Lagerfeld is famously quoted saying that he wanted to take Chanel ‘to the edge of an exquisite nervous breakdown of luxury’; ‘The idea is over-refinement on the border of hysteria. It’s hysterical elegance, but it’s also very easy – not tortured.’

Haute couture navy wool tweed two-piece skirt suit including a cardigan-style jacket trimmed with navy and white ricrac, removeable white silk satin collar, front facing, and trims, four front pockets with faux pearl buttons, and front button closure; paired with matching straight-fit skirt with left back side zipper closure.
Label: Chanel Jacket / Skirt is Unlabeled

Size Label: N/A

Style/Serial No.: 76431 Jacket

Approximate Measurements:

JACKET
Shoulders: 13.5"

Chest: 36.5"

Waist: 35.75"

Hips: 38.25"

Length (high shoulder point to hem): 22.75"

Sleeve (center back neck to hem): 31"

SKIRT

Waist: 27"

Hips: 37.5"

Length (side waistband to hem): 24"

Property from the Collection of Susan Gutfreund, New York, New York

Condition:

The overall condition is good there is some soiling along the interior of the detachable satin collar and some minor pilling along the shoulders and sleeves. The skirt has some minor pilling along the waist band and hemline.

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Mr. Long has nearly 20 years of experience as a curator of fashion and decorative arts in museums including the Museum of London, the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, and the Chicago History Museum. At Hindman, he works with individual clients, collectors, dealers, and museums to bring to auction collections of couture and luxury accessories. Mr. Long’s recent publications include Charles James: Designer in Detail and a chapter on the same designer in London Couture: British Luxury 1923–1975, both published by V&A Publishing.

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Chanel Haute Couture Wool Tweed Skirt Suit with Removable Facings, Spring/Summer 1997

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