1962 Green Velvet Jacques Griffe Ad Campaign Coat designer-alexander-mcqueen Early Paco Rabanne pieces are

Early Paco Rabanne pieces are so rare and hard to find and I have three spectacular examples of his work in the shop at the moment

it is an amazing mix of color and design

and innovative artist who rose to prominence in the tumultuous Queen Street art scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s

Unlined and slips on to wear with a hidden zipper and hook & eye at the front

It is a great larger size and a sound and lovely example of the period

1962 Green Velvet Jacques Griffe Ad Campaign Coat designer-alexander-mcqueen Early Paco Rabanne pieces areJacques Griffe was one of the great French Couturiers who studied under both Vionnet and Molyneux before opening his own atelier in 1946. In the early fifties he expanded his Haute Couture business and began a ready to wear line Evolution of which this glorious coat is from and that you can see in the 1962 advertisement for the brand that we have included here You can see the influence of Haute Couture in this coat and it is a rare find when this was