Evening Coat By Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture - Paris Winter Collection 1943

Winter 1943 Paris Collection Evening Kimono coat in fully topstitched satin by Jeanne Lanvin Haute Couture, Winter 1943 collection. Powder pink colored coat called Polignac rose in homage to her daughter. Straight cut, open front and entirely piped with silver leather. Long slashed sleeves with symmetrical detail in the side slits at the bottom of the coat. Fully reversible and unlined. Label indicating Jeanne Lanvin Paris Unis France Winter 1943 n°117. Some slight, tiny, barely visible oxidation spots on the front and slightly cracked silver leather. No other faults to report. Good general structural condition. Dimensions: Equivalent to France size 35-36. Shoulders 39 cm, chest 86 cm, waist 88 cm, sleeves 60 cm, hips 93 cm, height 108 cm. Jeanne-Marie Lanvin (1867-1946) is a great French seamstress. She founded the Parisian haute couture house that bears her name, Maison Lanvin, at the end of the 19th century. Today, although no longer practicing haute couture, this house happens to be the oldest fashion house still in activity. Jeanne Lanvin greatly appreciates colors; his favorite color, Lanvin blue or Polignac pink in homage to his daughter, or Vélasquez green are classics of the house. To maintain the exclusivity of its colors, it founded its own dyeing workshops in Nanterre in 1923. In 1909, the Lanvin house, now part of the elite, became a member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. It innovated in the 1930s and 1940s with its famous topstitching which sculpted a slender silhouette, as in the model presented here.