1970s Chanel Suit

Beautiful vintage 1970s Chanel suit in three-tone biscuit colours, using a variety of luxurious fabrics to deliver a signature suit for so many occasions. All the usual exquisite detailing; plaited fabric trim, ornate buttons, lots of hand finishing, jacket weights for perfect drop and champagne silk lining throughout.

Designer Coco Chanel gave the world the little black dress, Chanel No. 5 perfume, and the revolutionary notion that style could be both classic and casual. Coco - a nickname meaning "little pet" - was raised in an orphanage, where she learned to sew. In 1910 she began selling hats from her own shop, and by the 1920s her fashion business had expanded to include a couture house, her own textile factory and a line of perfumes that included the famous No. 5. Chanel took women's fashions away from stiff corsets and introduced casual, practical clothing that borrowed fabrics and attitudes from men's fashion.