Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites Barbara Hulanicki and her husband

Barbara Hulanicki and her husband started out their company as a mail-order business

sequined and the finsihed with rhinestones

The second tier that the zipper runs into at the back then snaps into place along its edge and then snaps to close down the side

this little sailor suit has double provenance and importance

Item# DD2452

Pristine Pre-Fall 2012 Chanel by Karl Lagerfeld Metallic Gold Detailed Suit w Gripoix Buttons z-archive-whites Barbara Hulanicki and her husbandThis little Chanel suit is stunning. It is from the Pre Fall 2012 collection and a version in a different colourway walked the runway for Look 32. The collection was a "salute to the work of the craftspeople who make Chanel happen, including the recently passed Franois Lesage (hence the name, Mtiers d'Art), was definitely a feat of creative excess, from the jaw dropping set, which turned a curved space under the dome of the Grand Palais into a corner