HUBERT DE GIVENCHY HAUTE COUTURE Lot n° 109

Un costume trois pièces en soie ivoire imprimée, Printemps-Eté 1972 A printed ivory slubbed silk three-piece suit, Spring-Summer 1972 hand labelled and '114 Erika Carmen' labels, comprising: jacket, trousers and halterneck top, all printed with the names of colours in French that 'announce their colour', the top gathered by a band at the front, jacket bust 102cm 40in; halterneck bust, 79cm 31in, trouser waist 66cm 26in (3) There are images of Hubert de Givenchy working with similarly printed fabric in his studio at the time. This print was used extensively in the collection. This ensemble is documented in Givenchy Catwalk: The Complete Collections, 2023, Thames and Hudson, London p. 244