This was just a small part of the group, but these items were shot for many magazines…….The SATIN TRENCH COATS were truly amazing. They also came in Royal Blue. Whitney Houston wore the yellow trench with the yellow satin thigh high boots and gloves for one of her record covers. They were also in many magazines……….Below the trenches are a series of stretch velvet TNs [though you can only see the orange], and the STRETCH VELVET PANT BOOTS. They were leggings and shoes all in one. The velvet pant came down and completely covered the shoe. They all had GOLD FLAT HEELS…..Iris Apfel bought a few pair in different colors. She LOVED them, and they were featured in the Metropolitan Museum when they had an exhibition of her own clothes and accessories. She showed the green ones in the show. They are also in the book of her exhibit…………………..The ORANGE and CHROME yellow jacket fabric to the right were made by a mill, are you ready….in Scotland……They were a treasure, and they too made many of the Chanel Tweeds…………As a matter of fact Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel was using the same “TINSEL TWEED” fabric for his 1991 fall show. At first the mill wasn’t going to let me use it because of the conflict with Chanel, but when I told him I wanted it in 4 vivid colors he changed his mind. Chanel was doing it in dark forest green and a dark wine color, and you could hardly tell they were the same fabric. In those days America showed first then England, Italy and France….so I was thrilled to get the scoop on Lagerfeld…………not that he would know, but I did!
What a neat vibrant collection. Especially love the tweed jackets with pleated skirts. I would so wear that now!
Louis…Thank you so much for sharing the beautiful collection from 1991. I so miss the way women dressed back then. The suits, the beautiful sweaters and jackets. I loved dressing up for my corporate jobs. I have 3 blazer jackets that you made for OVC several years ago, in a boucle style tweed, with a shimmer metallic thread running through the fabric. It came in sienna, cranberry, and orchid, I think it was called. So nice to know that I have jackets that reflect the couture designs.