1960s Pierre Cardin Pink & White Check Woven Wool Fabric Spring Coat designer-claude-montana Hand-loomed

Hand-loomed

Flat seamed pleat work circles the hips in his signature manner

The body of the jacket curves in slightly at the waist and then flares out above the hip

remaining there up to just before his passing in 1993 of brain cancer

flat ruffle treatment interspersed with a rows of hand done embroidered cutouts on silk

1960s Pierre Cardin Pink & White Check Woven Wool Fabric Spring Coat designer-claude-montana Hand-loomedThis coat is gorgeous and even better in person. It really needs an actual body under it to sit properly so if you even remotely like it on the dress form you will love it in person. It is made out of a light wool and the weave of the wool is oversized so that it really creates its own texture. For the white parts of the check that you see the wool is set vertically for some parts and horizontally along the bars on others. This creates its own