Fall 1985 Valentino Runway Felted Wool & Velvet Trim Over-sized Coat w Huge Rose Print Coat designer-fred-perlberg It is an extreme statement

It is an extreme statement piece

I see just the beginnings of shattering along the edges of the lining and under one arm but at this point it is still very stable and should be left and conserved as is

like the comet of sparklers that traced the armhole on Karolina Kurkova's top

Length: 30" from top of bodice to waist

A version in a different colour was featured in the ad campaign that year

Fall 1985 Valentino Runway Felted Wool & Velvet Trim Over-sized Coat w Huge Rose Print Coat designer-fred-perlberg It is an extreme statementThis is a beautiful example of Valentino's work that he was doing during the 1980s for his ready to wear boutique label. I have had the dress that matches this coat in the shop a very long time ago and was very pleased to find the coat after all these years. A couple of versions of it walked the runway that season and they were captured in runway shots where the models are decadently dragging the coats behind them in that very eighties runway kind of