Look 33, jacket and skirt
1989 {autumn-winter 1989–90}
Medium
silk, synthetic thread, glass (rhinestones), metal (fastening)
Measurements
(a) 58.0 cm (centre back) 53.6 cm (sleeve length) (jacket)
(b) 51.2 cm (centre back) 32.5 cm (waist, flat) (skirt)
(c) 25.0 × 168.0 cm (scarf)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty and the Campbell-Pretty Family through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2018
© Christian Lacroix, Paris
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
(a) label, left seamline, woven in gold on cream synthetic fabric: CHRISTIAN LACROIX / PARIS
(b) label, centre back seamline, woven in gold on cream synthetic fabric: CHRISTIAN LACROIX / PARIS
Accession Number
2018.325.a-c
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Professor AGL Shaw AO Bequest
Physical description
The jacket and skirt suit ensemble is made in brown and gold woven silk fabric. The jacket has a grey notched collar and three pink and orange rhinestone buttons fastening to the proper left side and six of the same button decoratively placed at the back. The straight skirt finishes above-the-knee. A wide silk satin chartreuse scarf is worn wrapped over the jacket under the lapels.