Exquisite Fall 1974 Hanae Mori Metallic Gold Brocade 3/4 Sleeve Coat w Pops of Turqoise & Red designer-donald-brooks The cut is simple and

The cut is simple and sweet with a V neck and gathers along each shoulder

Long triangle shaped panels have been set all around the skirt between the vertical panels to create that wonderful flared fullness

Length: 38" from neck to shortest part of hem

It’s just incredible to see what they did with them

The jacket closes with the frog knots at the front

Exquisite Fall 1974 Hanae Mori Metallic Gold Brocade 3/4 Sleeve Coat w Pops of Turqoise & Red designer-donald-brooks The cut is simple andThis is a phenomenal Hanae Mori coat. An example using a brocade in the same feel is held in the Met Museum's permanent collection and I believe this is from that same collection. Mori was the first woman of Japanese descent to have presented on both the Paris and New York runways and the first Asian woman to be admitted as an official Haute Couture house to La Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. Her work is exceptional. I have only ever seen