1970s Lanvin Couture Fine Silk Twill Brilliantly Scarf Neck Top & Extra Wide Cut Pant Set designer-bill-blass touching Lisa's hair

touching Lisa's hair

Vogue said of the runway show

Length: 53" from top of shoulder to hem

Regardless of its history as a guard coat (which we know from the label stating just that inside) it is a dramatic and gorgeous coat that has a strong military feel

painted metal zipper and each cuff has a hidden painted metal zipper

1970s Lanvin Couture Fine Silk Twill Brilliantly Scarf Neck Top & Extra Wide Cut Pant Set designer-bill-blass touching Lisa's hairThis gorgeous set would have been designed by Jules Francois Crahay, who headed the Lanvin ateliers from 1964 1984. He has been noted as one of fashions 'great colorists with his colorful patterns making his 1970s Lanvin designs hugely desirable and influential.' His time at the Lanvin label is one of my personal favourites for the house. I especially love the his work during the period through the late sixties and into the early 1970s. He was a