Suit (Davidow Collection)
- Published/Created:
- 1930
- Date Depicted:
- 1993
1900 AD - 1949 AD - Notes:
- Red suit with Norfolk jacket in place of the typical Chanel cardigan. Chanel's proportioning of the suit to a woman's body is the answer to the male's basic business suit, which exists with little modification for 125 years.
- Associated Names:
- Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 [Designer]
- Topics:
- Commercial Design -- France -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Costume -- Europe -- History -- (LC) - Culture:
- French
- Accession Number:
- 4393-099
- Genre:
- costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
fashion illustrations (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Creator:
- Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
- Source Title:
- History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 6
- Source Created:
- New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1993 - Call Number:
- GT513 +B87 6 (LC)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- New York, NY: Fashion Institute of Technology
- OID:
- 10642259
- PID:
- digcoll:1820062