![]() "It was woman as dandy." declared Tom Ford. Thoroughly checked over before shipping, it will be ready to wear upon arrival. This garment has been professionally cleaned, pressed and is odor free. All fur coats, fur trimmed & feather pieces are final sale I have decided that the best course to handle this controversial issue is to let the pieces I have go rather then sit in a cold storage unit. Many of the pieces in my collection are representative of the designer during a set time period in history that was different then our modern outlook. I feel like times have changed and while there still is a place for vintage furs for some, including collectors and historians, many modern girls are choosing other options. I will no longer be buying furs for the shop moving forward and have not purchased anything for several years now. I have a small collection of historically important, key designer labelled vintage furs, fur trimmed & feather pieces stored away in my archives that I will be slowly posting on the site over the next couple of years until I have none left. (Top Photo by Nabile Quenum Bottom Photo by Phil Oh) (4) Catherine Baba at the S/S 2017 Haute Couture Shows in Paris. Reference Photos: (1) The Peasant Collection 1976 as photographed by American Vogue / (2) Coat from the MET / (3) Yves Saint Laurent Runway. Waist: 18" flat across from side seam to side seam Tagged a vintage YSL 44īust: 19.5" flat across from side seam to side seam The upper bodice and cuffs are lined in fur and the sleeves and skirting of the coat are lined in quilting. Amazing and rare piece of fashion history. It really transforms when on a real girl and is just wonderful. Highly polished buttons close the coat down the front. This wide panel of red top stitching runs all the way down the front, around the collar and finishes each cuff. I love how all the edges are top stitched with a deep red thread, placed to emphasize the lines of the coat and add to its Russian feel. Inside the coat the upper bodice is lined with the sheared fur and the lower part of the skirt is lined in a quilted fabric. The shoulders are set high with gathers so that they have a slight capped feel to them. Under the top portion of the coat the lower portion of the jacket is set into the waist seam and done like a proper skirt would be with slight gathers along the top so that it has some fullness. The neckline is cut high on the front to curve gracefully around the neck. The lines of the coat are pure Yves from this time period. There is also a a band of it set within each cuff. The sheared sheepskin is set to follow the front edges and goes all the way around the neck and down the front. The inner bodice has been lined in a sheared sheepskin that is very soft and fine and has been dyed to a deep chocolate color to match the leather. The leather is soft supple and the color is a deep chocolate. The coat is in exceptional condition and looks to have been worn very little if at all. This was a key look of the season and highly collectible. The Met has a fabric version in their collection and the suede version was photoed for Vogue that season. Stylist Catherine Baba has the twin of this coat and versions have been well documented. The now legendary 'Opéra Les Ballets Russes' Haute Couture collection by Yves Saint Laurent for that season was one that took the fashion world by storm and has been endlessly re-interpreted since. This is from the famous Russian collection from the Fall 1976 Collection and these are rare and hard to find. ![]()
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