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2000s Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Tartan and Ribbon Jacket

575,00 £

This striking jacket was designed by Vivienne Westwood for her well regarded Anglomania line and is tailored from one of the brand’s house signatures - tartan. The Anglomania line launched in 1998, drawing on designs from Westwood’s archive, and continued into 2020. I think this jacket dates to circa 2003 and draws on the Anglomania collection of Autumn/Winter 1993–94 and Anglophilia of Autumn/Winter 2002–03—two of her most famous and best-loved collections. The wool-blend fabric has a rich ochre-brown ground with bold black, red, yellow, white and navy contrasting stripes. The jacket has a cocooning silhouette with a ruffled, drawstring neckline that allows for flexible styling, either on or off the shoulders and with a high or low neckline. The sleeves are wide and made from royal purple velvet. The shoulders have an eccentric Vivienne Westwood detailing, finished with three wide strips of ribbon in chocolate brown, navy and red that ripple around the arms. I think there is something of Tudor and Elizabethan dress about it, particularly in the neckline and sleeves. The jacket is lined with black jacquard satin woven with tonal stripes and Anglomania’s arm-and-dagger logo. It closes down the front with chunky plastic buttons engraved with the brand name, and there are in-seam pockets at the front. This is such a good piece, and I was surprised to see the Anglomania label as it is so well made; in Italy of course. In excellent vintage condition with no issues. It is 55% wool, 32% viscose and 13% polyamide, and labelled an Italian size 42 or a UK 10, US 6. It is a generous size, which is unusual for Westwood, and I think it may also work on a size bigger very easily because of the cut - maybe even up to a small UK 14 or US 10. The fabric has no stretch, so please check our measurements below. MEASUREMENTSBUST - 42 in. (107 cm)WAIST - 40 in. (102 cm)LENGTH - 19 in. (49 cm)SLEEVE LENGTH - 15in. (38 cm)