1960s Gunn Trigere Silver Metallic Knit Top & Skirt Set Labeled and Designer to give you an idea

to give you an idea of relative cost - later in the mid-eighties Galanos designed a fur collection for 5 years for furrier Peter Dion

Fully lined in a a black silk satin

I love the huge deeper ocean blue washed floral print that tops the paler

Fully lined in black silk and closes at the back with a painted metal zipper

It is shockingly light - I know it looks like it should not be with the gold - at first glance it appears to be a brocade

1960s Gunn Trigere Silver Metallic Knit Top & Skirt Set Labeled and Designer to give you an ideaThis is an interesting little label the designer, Gunn Trigere was actually a jewellery designer who met and married Robert Trigere who was Pauline Trigere's partner. After their marriage she had a short lived label of her own of which this set is from. I absolutely adore this little silver knit set and its use of a lurex thread knit fabric gives it a little extra pop of drama even though the cut is kept simple and chic. The fabric is amazing it is a