1962 Green Velvet Jacques Griffe Ad Campaign Coat designer-alexander-mcqueen This dramatic

This dramatic

This is such an ethereal

Bodice: 17" from shoulder to waist

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

Onto this are silvery gold and black sequins

1962 Green Velvet Jacques Griffe Ad Campaign Coat designer-alexander-mcqueen This dramaticJacques 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