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- nd [1990] (Creation)
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Double breasted waistcoat with cut away back and shoulder straps made of black wool with orange red pin stripe. The waistcoat has wide pointed lapels and has six buttons to the front - fastening with two. The collar is cut away from the back of the waistcoat. There is an additional button and button hole on the underside to secure the front overlap. It has three jetted flapped pockets to the front, two on the right and one on the left, they are still sewn shut.
The back of the waistcoat neck has been cut in a deep V with two shoulder straps which fasten with buttons and two button holes for size adjustment to the inside front panels at the collar bone. There is a black fabric label sewn into the middle of the outside back with JEAN PAUL GAULTIER HOMME woven into it below a horizontal hanging loop. It has a centre vent at the back and is lined in orange and pink shot twill viscose rayon. Label in the back of the neck. Size 50.
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Materials: outer wool, lining viscose rayon
Condition: small vertical tear and hole to the lining on the right side near the bottom hem; stitching to the inside label loose along the bottom seam. Small hole to the left front overlap near bottom hem, staining and holes to the right front side near bottom hem.