c2000 Chic Little Black Cropped Chanel Jacket & Belt designer-stavropoulos The jacket closes with buttons

The jacket closes with buttons along the front and the skirt closes with a back painted metal zipper and a button at the waist band

hand cut stylized flowers - stitch to the skirt at the base of each petal so that the petals form a fantastic feathered feel

who after a bit of research seems to have been a fabulous Palm Beach resident who was an avid client of Adolfo and who donated many pieces to both FIT and The Met

The velvet is cut to fall to just at the ankle and has no horizontal waist seam to break the line - it is a single drape of fabric whose shape ix created by long vertical seaming

This sold out instantly world wide and I am very excited to have this one that still has its original $4100 pre-tax price tag still attached

c2000 Chic Little Black Cropped Chanel Jacket & Belt designer-stavropoulos The jacket closes with buttonsIn his role as Creative Director for the house of Chanel, Karl Lagerfeld always creates little black jackets that have the perfect lines and a certain innate chicness that is seldom matched by others. In this jacket he plays with proportion and crops it at the waist. The neckline is left simple and collarless and plunges deep at the front. All of the detailing is done at that waist with a wrapped front that buttons on the angle and a skinny patent