The Suit Reimagined
Suits are a man’s fashion affair - but women appropriated them, with new meaning and power. Women designers managed to turn them into manifestos of independence and symbols of a well-defined idea of femininity, tailored by women for women
39 items
Lucile (designer); Lucile (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Lucile (maker)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Coco Chanel (designer); Coco Chanel (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum of Decorative Arts
Coco Chanel (designer); Coco Chanel (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Coco Chanel (designer); Coco Chanel (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Museum of Decorative Arts
Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation
Museum of Decorative Arts
Unbekannter Künstler (Fotograf)
Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Luigi Diaz (Fotograf)
Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Madame Elizabeth Handley-Seymour (maker); Elsa Schiaparelli (designer, after)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Branquinho, Veronique (Designer)
Modemuseum Hasselt
Ann Demeulemeester (ontwerper)
Kunstmuseum Den Haag
MUDE – Museu do Design
Victoria and Albert Museum
Anne-Marie Beretta (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)
Paul Van Riel
Anne-Marie Beretta (Designer); Paul van Riel (Photographer)
Paul Van Riel
Chanel, Gabrielle 'Coco'; Chanel, Gabrielle 'Coco' (Designer)
Modemuseum Hasselt
Holmén, Erik
Nordic Museum Foundation
Nordic Kompaniet
Nordic Museum Foundation
Nordic Kompaniet
Nordic Museum Foundation
Landin, Mats
Nordic Museum Foundation
Branquinho, Veronique (Designer)
Modemuseum Hasselt
Jean Muir (designer); Jean Muir (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Edina Ronay (designer); Edina Ronay (Designer)
Victoria and Albert Museum