Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites Item# DD2452

Item# DD2452

this little sailor suit has double provenance and importance

heavy cream silk with a hand paint design of grapes and flowers running over its surface in a soft

I love the stark lines of this Geoffrey Beene dress and the contrast between the deep burgundy panels and the deeper cream parts of the dress

Barbara Hulanicki and her husband started out their company as a mail-order business

Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites Item# DD2452This little Chanel suit is stunning. It is from the Pre Fall 2012 collection and a version in a different colourway walked the runway for Look 32. The collection was a "salute to the work of the craftspeople who make Chanel happen, including the recently passed Franois Lesage (hence the name, Mtiers d'Art), was definitely a feat of creative excess, from the jaw dropping set, which turned a curved space under the dome of the Grand Palais into a corner