1962 Green Velvet Jacques Griffe Ad Campaign Coat designer-alexander-mcqueen It is a great larger

It is a great larger size and a sound and lovely example of the period

Early Paco Rabanne pieces are so rare and hard to find and I have three spectacular examples of his work in the shop at the moment

Bodice length: 17" from shoulder seam to waist seam

No true flaws to note for a piece of this age

Unlined and slips on to wear with a hidden zipper and hook & eye at the front

1962 Green Velvet Jacques Griffe Ad Campaign Coat designer-alexander-mcqueen It is a great largerJacques Griffe was one of the great French Couturiers who studied under both Vionnet and Molyneux before opening his own atelier in 1946. In the early fifties he expanded his Haute Couture business and began a ready to wear line Evolution of which this glorious coat is from and that you can see in the 1962 advertisement for the brand that we have included here You can see the influence of Haute Couture in this coat and it is a rare find when this was