Brilliant 1971 Andre Courreges Black Velvet Jumpsuit w Silver Studs & Zip Front designer-pauline-trigere Seriously sexy but in that

Seriously sexy but in that oh so chic Valentino kind of way

formed deep pelmets on the lower half of leather jackets

most notably by Mario Testino on Gisele Bundchen in Prada for the September issue of Vogue

The jacket closes with a single button at the front

This is a classic circa 1989-1990 Chanel camera bag in a deep beautiful milk chocolate

Brilliant 1971 Andre Courreges Black Velvet Jumpsuit w Silver Studs & Zip Front designer-pauline-trigere Seriously sexy but in thatThis is a remarkable example of Courreges and the work that Andre was doing during that time period. I know we often associate his work with very mod and short pieces but he also did these more utilitarian pieces and he did them well. I am sometimes more excited to find these more unusual pieces from him then the more classic ones associated with his name. A version of this one in orange resides in the Museum of Decorative Arts. Having a museum