Documented 1971-1972 Andre Courreges Vinyl Crop Jacket in Buff designer-joy-stevens The waist is yoked and

The waist is yoked and on the front sits a huge bee made of a variety of beads

The sleeves are long and lean and it wraps to close allowing the wearer to have as much of a plunge as she wished

Franco Moschino did an entire collection of pieces that played on the classic Chanel suitings and this jacket is part of that parody

Bodice: 11" from shoulder to top of ribbon at empire waist

Bodice: 13" from shoulder to bottom of waist band

Documented 1971-1972 Andre Courreges Vinyl Crop Jacket in Buff designer-joy-stevens The waist is yoked andAndre Courreges made cloth and wool versions of this cropped jacket in 1968 and repeated versions of them for his next few collections as they were immensely popular. For the 1971 72 collection he did them in vinyl and showed them over ribbed under garments a play on ski wear. This one is done in a versatile and unusual the soft buff color that lands somewhere between a nude and blush. Courreges was fascinated with youth and his piece often reflect