This is a vintage silk blouse and skirt made by the fashion house of Louis Feraud . The blouse is made in a shirt style with a squared collar, long sleeves with double button cuffs and a seven button front closure. It is made in a purple matte silk with vertical satin bands. The skirt is made in a maxi length and has a concentric pattern in pink against a deeper magenta background.
Age: 1990s.
Label: Feraud. Louis Feraud (1920-1999) opened his first boutique in Cannes, France in 1950. He established his couture house in Paris in 1955 and by 1957 was dressing the Parisian elite, designing many of the outfits used by Brigitte Bardot in her movies. He showed his first collection in 1958.
Content label: 100% Silk, - lining is 100% cupro (cellulose fabric regenerated from cotton). Made in Hungary
Sizing: US size 10 is indicated on both of these Louis Feraud piecese - please rely on the following measurements for fit:
Shoulders: 16” across from the
Sleeves: 21 1/2” long
Sleeve Inseam: 16 3/4”
Bust: 43” around
Waist: 36” around
Length: 24”
Skirt:
Waist: 30”-31”
Hips: 41”, should fall loosely
Length: 37”, measured flat
Condition: This Louis Feraud set is in very clean condition with no noted wear, tear, stains or odour.
This is a wonderful Louis Feraud blouse and maxi skirt that was bought by the original owner as a set - very nice quality by a very good Paris fashion house!