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Reference code
2023.153.3
Title
Chevignon Leather Biker Jacket
Date(s)
- undated (Creation)
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Item
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1
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Name of creator
(1979-)
Administrative history
French ready-to-wear label established by Charles Chevignon and Guy Azoulay in 1979. The logo is a duck in flight. The company was bought by Naf Naf in 1994 and the Vivarte group in 2007. It was sold in 2019 to Société Civile Financière Royer.
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Scope and content
Brown leather jacket with brown, quilted, polyester lining. Jacket is front fastening via a zip. Jacket can be worn with lapels visible if not fully fastened. On the right side of the chest there is a small, flap pocket with a popper fastening. On the left side of the chest there is a small angled, zip pocket and a large, vertical zip pocket. Angled, zip pockets are found at either side of the waist and there are zips at each cuff. There are triple buckled tabs at either side of the waistband, just past the side seam towards the reverse. Also at the back of the jacket, there are two loops with popper fastenings towards the bottom of the jacket.
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Label: Chevingnon / Paris
Material: Leather
Measurements: 49cm [Chest]; 60cm [Length]
Details: Zips; lapels
Condition: Pulled threads in the quilted lining, evidence of alteration with cut raw edge at shoulder – probably from epaulettes that have been removed
Material: Leather
Measurements: 49cm [Chest]; 60cm [Length]
Details: Zips; lapels
Condition: Pulled threads in the quilted lining, evidence of alteration with cut raw edge at shoulder – probably from epaulettes that have been removed