Saint Laurent YSL Women Vintage Blazer Red Wool Size 38 Boxy Cropped Rive Gauche
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Miami, FL
- This is a Vintage YSL Blazer - Absolutely AMAZING shape.
Saint Laurent YSL Women Vintage Blazer Red Wool Size 38 Boxy Cropped Rive Gauche
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Miami, FL
- This is a Vintage YSL Blazer - Absolutely AMAZING shape.
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Vintage Gray Wool Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Sparks, NV
Beautifully tailored gray wool blazer jacket by Saint Laurent . Details: Fully Lined Front Pockets Shoulder Pads Are Sewn Into Lining Front Button Closure Marked Size: 38 Estimated...
1990s Yves Saint Laurent YSL Lipstick Red Linen Vintage 90s Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Chic early 90s YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche lipstick red linen smoking blazer jacket ! Features a vibrant red color that is perfect anytime of year. Gunmetal metal button at center...
Vintage YSL SS10 Stefano Pilati era Fine Cashmere Wrap Blazer IT 50 US 40 Belted
By Stefano Pilati, Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Ideal for collectors of vintage YSL or those seeking a statement designer blazer that stands out from standard tailoring.
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Rive Gauche Dark Teal Openwork Cropped Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Rive Gauche Dark Teal Openwork Cropped Jacket Measurements taken laid flat, please double bust and wast: Shoulder: 15.35 inches (39 cm) Sleeves: 21.25...
YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL Vintage Color-Blocked Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Nice, FR
YVES SAINT LAURENT vintage color-blocked wool-blend blazer jacket, featuring a bold and graphic two-tone design in vibrant red and deep black. The strong color contrast and architec...
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Wool Red Blazer / Jacket with Contrast Trim
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Алматинский Почтамт, KZ
Yves Saint Laurent YSL Vintage Wool Red Blazer / Jacket with Contrast Trim YSL style: YSL variation Country of manufacture: France Year of manufacture: 90s Composition - 100% wool, ...
Yves Saint Laurent 1980s Red / Black Silk Cropped Vintage 80s Jacket Blazer YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Chic early 80s YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche red and black silk cropped blazer jacket ! Features a lipstick red body with exaggerated signature black lapels. Single button closure. ...
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Size: 36 francese
Blazer a bottone singolo giallo con punte e collo reverse YSL rive gauche
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Viareggio, IT
Blazer Vintage a bottone singolo giallo con punte davanti più lunghe e collo revers. in ottime condizioni YSL Rive Gauche cotone di seta si abbina benissimo a qualsiasi outfit dando ...
Vintage Iconic YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Rive Gauche Leopard Print Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage Iconic YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Rive Gauche Leopard Print Blazer Jacket Measurements taken laid flat: Shoulder: 16.14 inches (41 cm) Sleeves: 22.44 inches (57 cm) Bust: 20.47 ...
Vintage 1990s 90s Rust YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Sparks, NV
Gorgeous YSL vintage blazer jacket in warm rust wool. Zigzag trim, rounded lapels and patch pockets.
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent ' Rive Gauche ' Black + White Tartan Plaid Blazer YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Incredible vintage Yves Saint Laurent "Rive Gauche" black and white Tartan Plaid wool blazer! Features contrasting black velvet under collar that looks great flipped up. Chic double ...
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Navy Blazer Tuxedo Jacket Size 38
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Vintage YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Navy Blazer Tuxedo Jacket Size 38 Product details: Size FR 38 Featuring front navy and gold one button closure Puffy shoulder detail One n...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Red Mandarin Collar Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Red Mandarin Collar Jacket Measurements taken laid flat: Shoulder: 16.14 inches (41 cm) Sleeves: 22.44 inches (57 cm) Bust: 20.47 inches (52 cm) Waist...
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Russian Passementerie Tassel Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche, Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Kingersheim, Alsace
Vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Ysl Russian Passementerie Tassel Jacket Measurements taken laid flat, please double bust and waist: Shoulders: 17.32 inches (44cm) Sleeves: 23.22 inches (...
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Leopard Print Pony Fur Blazer Jacket YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Leopard is a staple of the YSL wardrobe, and is a print that was especially popular during the 80s and 90s.
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Animal Print Double Breasted Jacket Blazer
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
1990's Yves Saint Laurent black and orange double breasted blazer in a graphic print featuring tigers and leopards. There are two frontal pockets with flaps, six shiny oversized blac...
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Size: Dress 38 / Jacket 36
Vintage Tom Ford For YSL Brown Velvet Blazer & Red Ruffle Dress Ensemble 2003
By Yves Saint Laurent, Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to offer a vintage Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent brown velvet blazer and red cocktail dress ensemble. The classic velvet dinner jacket features a fitted body, patch ...
Iconic Yves Saint Laurent YSL Black Le Smoking Tuxedo Jacket Blazer
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Studio City, CA
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent black tuxedo jacket with satin lapels and cuffs. The jacket is double breasted with two frontal button closures and a single decorative button at each slee...
Vintage YSL Jacket Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Bright Yellow Blazer
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Looks great with the pictured vintage YSL skirt that is for sale in my 1stDibs store.
YSL Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Bamboo Print Cotton Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Tres chic vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Guache bamboo printed fitted cotton blazer jacket! Features an allover bamboo print in terra cotta, black and white. Single breasted style w...
YSL Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Bamboo Print Cotton Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Tres chic vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Guache bamboo printed fitted cotton blazer jacket! Features an allover bamboo print in terra cotta, black and white. Single breasted style w...
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent 1990s Raspberry Pink Classic 90s Blazer Jacket YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Stylish and timeless vintage 90s YVES SAINT LAURENT Rive Gauche raspberry pink tailored blazer jacket ! Features the perfect pink color that is great anytime of year. Classic Saint L...
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche YSL Vintage Dark Green Wool Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Sparks, NV
Rich dark green wool blazer by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Oversized wooden buttons and pristine tailoring. Details: Fully Lined Front Pockets Shoulder Pads Sewn Into Lin...
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Vintage Black + White Polka Dot Blazer Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Sparks, NV
Darling black and white polka dot blazer jacket by Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche. Details: Fully Lined Front Pockets Front Button Closure Marked Size: F 42 Color: White/ B...
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage YSL Wool Tweed Tailored Cropped Bolero Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Sparks, NV
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent cropped bolero jacket in brown wool tweed. Fully lined with no closure (hangs open). Structured shoulder pads are sewn in underneath the lining. The marked...
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Rive Gauche Gold + Black Beautiful Silk Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Superb vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT 'Rive Gauche' gold and black silk metallic jacket! Every ounce of this lovely jacket just screams INCREDIBLE!!! Rhinestone buttons up the bodice, wi...
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Size: M | US6, FR40
New Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL F/W 1998 Blazer Jacket Designer Alber Elbaz
By Yves Saint Laurent, Alber Elbaz for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Lanvin's Alber Elbaz For Yves Saint Laurent Size: M US6, FR40 Rare only Season from Lanvin's Alber Elbaz For Yves Saint Laurent in 1998-1999 Brand New Stunning True Gold Faux butto...
New Vintage Alber Elbaz for Yves Saint Laurent YSL F/W 1998 Blazer Jacket FR36
By Yves Saint Laurent, Alber Elbaz for Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Conroe, TX
Lanvin's Alber Elbaz For Yves Saint Laurent Size: S US2/4, FR36 Rare only Season from Lanvin's Alber Elbaz For Yves Saint Laurent in 1998-1999 Vintage but Brand New Stunning True G...
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent ' Rive Gauche ' Ivory Cream Cropped Blazer Bolero
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful vintage YSL 'Rive Gauche' cropped cotton blazer/bolero!
Vintage Alberta Ferretti Terra Cotta 1990s HIgh Waisted 90s Virgin Wool Shorts
By Alberta Ferretti
Located in San Diego, CA
Looks amazing with the pictured vintage MONDI blouse, YSL blazer, Wippette blazer, and Kenzo blouse, all of which are also available in my 1stDibs Shop!
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Red Plaid Vintage Blazer
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Narberth, PA
Vintage Blazer Red plaid Wood buttons Structured shoulders Pockets Size 38
YSL Rive Gauche Paisley Blazer
By Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in New York, NY
VINTAGE GRACE NY 1990s YSL Rive Gauche Cotton paisley print blazer with beautiful blue velvet trim and unique buttons.
Yves Saint Laurent Yellow Vintage Jacket with YSL Buttons sz 4
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous linen jacket. Fully lined. Military style . Black details collar and cuffs. Two front pockets Front button down closure wit YSL engraved buttons, Pristine condition. Size 34...
Vintage YSL Quilted Red Silk Jacket With Yellow Trim And Bakelite Buttons.
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Offered for sale is this lovely vintage YSL Rive Gauche oriental styled jacket in size 36. The quilting and the detail is marvelous. It is all silk with a silk lining and 7 yellow B...
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Cotton safari blazer/ short coat
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful and in pristine like new condition. YSL vintage safari style long blazer/ short coat. in 100% cotton.
Vintage YSL Blazer Black Wool Yves Saint Laurent Size 40 US 8
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This gorgeous double breasted YSL vintage blazer is in excellent condition and is labeled a French size 40.
YSL Rive Gauche Vintage 1970s 80s Iconic Blazer Suit Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Paris, IDF
Fully lined Assorted button closure Front pockets Circa:Late 1970s - Early 1980s Label: Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Estimated Size: S-M Colors: Beige-Red and Black
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Size: See Description for Measurements
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Cream Open Front Cropped Jacket or Blazer
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This is a great YSL blazer that can be worn today effortlessly with its gathered shoulders and cuffed sleeves with small slits in the cuffs.
Yves Saint Laurent Plaid Wool Vintage Blazer YSL France Size 42 US 10
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This classic YSL vintage wool blazer is in as new condition and was made in France in the early 1990s.
YSL Vintage Red Boucle Blazer Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Paris Sz 42 Jacket
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This vintage red boucle wool blazer was designed by Yves Saint Laurent in the late 1980's or early 1990s.
Vintage 1990s YSL Rive Gauche Structured Blazer in Gold Metallic Jacquard
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in TARRAGONA, ES
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche structured blazer/lightweight jacket made of a delightfully decorative bronze-toned brocade fabric combining metallic and pile textures. Condition 9/1...
YSL Vintage Suit Houndstooth Wool Skirt Blazer Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This vintage YSL two piece houndstooth wool skirt suit is in as new condition.
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Size: 36-see description
Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Cream Ribbed Wool YSL Blazer Jacket w Black Lapels
By Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in Portland, OR
This fabulous vintage Yves Saint Laurent double breasted ribbed wool blazer jacket is in a beautiful cream color with black satin silk lapels.
YSL Yves Saint Laurent Vintage Suit Midnight Blue Black Satin w Blazer & Skirt
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in Portland, OR
This gorgeous YSL vintage 2 piece skirt and blazer suit is made of a finely ribbed midnight blue wool crepe with black satin trim.
$948Sale Price|25% Off
Size: Medium
1960s Guy Laroche Couture Lipstick Red Virgin Wool A Line Vintage 60s Mini Dress
By Guy Laroche
Located in San Diego, CA
1960s GUY LAROCHE Couture lipstick red virgin wool A-Line mini dress! The perfect alternative to a little black dress, this red gem is sure to stand out! Hand made, with the utmost a...
Bobbie Jerome 1950s Sculptural Velvet Handbag with Bakelite Handles
Located in Water Mill, NY
A gorgeous rich black silk velvet handbag with rounded deep orange Bakelite top handles. It has a gently curved top and gold clasp closure. The bag is lined in black silk with 2 Ins...
Yves Saint Laurent Tom Ford Black White Plunging Cleavage Cut Out Gown Dress
By Tom Ford for Yves Saint Laurent, Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche
Located in San Diego, CA
Sexy and highly collectible museum quality vintage YVES SAINT LAURENT YSL by TOM FORD black and white plunging runway cut-out gown ! Features a soft crepe blend fabric that hugs the ...
$2,495
Size: 44 / US 10 - 12
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Sz 44 Black Corset / Bustier Dress YSL
By Yves Saint Laurent
Located in San Diego, CA
Drop dead gorgeous vintage Yves Saint Laurent 'Rive Gauche' YSL black dress! Quite possibly the most flattering dress I have ever seen! This rare beauty does wonders for the body! Co...
Vintage Teal Blue Silk Sequin + Beaded Art Deco/ Flapper Dress
Located in Sparks, NV
Vintage 1920s-inspired 1980s teal blue silk dress with hand done sequin and beadwork. Full blouson sleeves that zip at the cuff. Side slits. Fully lined in silk. The marked size is a...
$5,669
Size: FR 38 - IT 42 - UK 10 - US 6
Dolce & Gabbana black silk spandex and leather lace up dress, ss 2003
By Dolce & Gabbana
Located in London, GB
Dolce & Gabbana; black silk spandex figure hugging evening dress. - Lambskin leather grommet trim - Open on both sides with lace up fastenings - Invisible side zip closure ...
Valentino 1990s Size 4 Lipstick Red Linen + Rayon Halter Criss Cross 90s Dress
By Valentino, Valentino Miss V
Located in San Diego, CA
Chic mid 90s VALENTINO ‘ Miss V ‘ signature lipstick red halter cross-cross Rayon ( 90% ) and Linen ( 10%) dress ! Features a halter neckline for support that criss crosses in the ba...
Alexander McQueen mustard suede BIKER Jacket 38
By Alexander McQueen
Located in Zürich, CH
Alexander McQueen suede biker jacket in mustard suede with a notch collar and an attached belt on the back. Has two vertical and two asymmentrical pockets with a silver tone zipper o...
Bombshell Mugler Dress Black Summer Evening Gown V-Neck Sexy
By Mugler
Located in Berlin, BE
BOMBSHELL! The perfect gown for an elegant sexy summer evening. Very sexy long maxi dress, bodycon tight fit and mermaid skirt shape on the bottom. The fabric is very light semi she...
$2,995
Size: 42 ( US 8 / 10 )
Vintage Nina Ricci Haute Couture 1980s Avant Garde Linen + Silk Strapless Gown
By Nina Ricci
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous Avant Garde NINA RICCI Haute Couture 80s black and marigold polka dot strapless evening gown! Features a unique, yet brilliant fabric blend of Irish linen, rayon and silk ta...
S/S 2004 Atelier Versace by Donatella Metallic Green Halterneck Runway Gown
By Donatella Versace, Atelier Versace
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This Atelier Versace gown from the Spring/Summer 2004 collection, designed by Donatella Versace, is constructed in metallic green chiffon with a halterneck, heavily ruched torso, and...
Thierry Mugler Archival FW 1993 Dramatic Runway Jacket Black Gold Metal Details
By Thierry Mugler
Located in Berlin, BE
Stunning Thierry Mugler jacket, featured on the 1993 Runway show. Documented archival Collectors piece. This jacket is drama & elegance! Timeless elegance and avant-garde sophist...
Rare Iconic Thierry Mugler FW 1995 Runway Coat Houndstooth Jacket
By Thierry Mugler
Located in Berlin, BE
Archival Thierry Mugler Piece, FW1995 Collection. Extremely rare Thierry Mugler Star-Houndstooth Coat. Wearable Art. Legendary Thierry Mugler created his very own version of the cl...
Givenchy Haute Couture Gown 1995 Spectacular Silk Evening Dress
By Givenchy
Located in Berlin, BE
GIVENCHY HAUTE COUTURE 1995 gown, numbered archival piece This breathtaking evening gown is a testament to timeless elegance infused with modern sensibility. The dress features a st...
$1,045
Size: French 40 / US 8
Vintage Thierry Mugler Couture 1990s Size 40 / US 8 Ivory Silk 90s Blazer Jacket
By Thierry Mugler Couture, Thierry Mugler
Located in San Diego, CA
Chic and classic vintage THIERRY MUGLER COUTURE ivory / off-white silk blazer jacket! Mugler is the king of creating the perfect blazer for women, with flattering seams and silhouett...
1980s Celine Grey Wool Coat
By Celine
Located in Toronto, Ontario
1980s grey wool Celine coat. Double breasted, with epaulets and cinched waist with a matching grey wool belt. Celine marked cream and grey plastic buttons. Excellent vintage conditio...
French designer Yves Saint Laurent pioneered “cross-design” in fashion, taking inspiration from street trends to modernize haute couture.
Saint Laurent was the first to launch a ready-to-wear label, YSL Rive Gauche Prêt-à-Porter. He was the first couturier to open boutiques for both men and women. Using traditional menswear fabrics and designs for women, Saint Laurent also literally cross-dressed, giving men and women alike chic pant suits, elegant tuxedo jackets and urban safari gear.
By blurring gender-specific design, Saint Laurent empowered individual style while creating a scissor-sharp fashion aesthetic of sensual ease and beauty. Many of his designs are today considered timeless classics. Saint Laurent also consistently used Black models, like Mounia, Iman and Naomi Campbell, and he drew endless inspiration from different ethnicities and cultures, in no small part because of his Algerian roots.
Born to French parents in Oran, Algeria, in 1936, Saint Laurent went to Paris at age 17 to study fashion at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. Just two years later, in 1955, his remarkable sketches were shown to Christian Dior, then the world’s reigning couturier, who hired him immediately.
Surprisingly soon thereafter, Dior publicly chose Saint Laurent as his successor, which sadly proved prescient when the fashion legend died unexpectedly, in 1957. A mere slip of a youth, the 21-year-old Saint Laurent was nevertheless up to the challenge. He shook the traditional couture clientele to its core with youthful silhouettes and styles like the A-line trapeze dress that hung with seeming effortlessness from the shoulders, the antithesis of the pinched waists and molded skirts that had been all the rage after the deprivations of World War II.
After a mandated spell in the torturous French military, Saint Laurent suffered a nervous breakdown and was dismissed by Dior in 1962. Out of the ashes rose the Age of Yves. With Pierre Bergé, his then-lover who became his lifelong business partner and friend, the designer founded Yves Saint Laurent YSL to encompass prêt-à-porter, or ready-to-wear. In 1966, they opened the first YSL Rive Gauche women’s boutique in Paris, followed soon thereafter by YSL Rive Gauche for men. Saint Laurent had given birth to a global brand.
His revolutionary Mondrian mini dress from 1965 is a core element of his fashion biography. It is a prime example of how Saint Laurent, an avid art lover and collector, looked to painters, from Goya to Picasso, Ingres to Matisse, for inspiration.
With its pure lines and hues, Mondrian’s ground-breaking 1935 color-block painting Composition C transmutes beautifully into a dress that is highly valued by collectors of contemporary fashion and widely copied commercially to this day. The design is the epitome of Saint Laurent’s aesthetic, requiring a meticulous hand-piecing of each color block so that, despite the body’s curves, the visual plane is as flat as a canvas when the garment is worn. Mondrian’s purity met its match in Saint Laurent.
“I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style,” Saint Laurent said four years before retiring, in 2002. After a long period of ill health, he died at his home in Paris on June 1, 2008.
Browse an extraordinary collection of vintage Yves Saint Laurent evening dresses, shirts, handbags and other clothing and accessories today on 1stDibs.
No matter if you’re preparing for a fashion event or a weather event — you’re going to need a good jacket.
What would become the modern jacket as we know it began as a strictly professional item. A lot of the vintage and designer jackets (and coat styles such as the Navy-inspired peacoat) in our closets were likely popularized by soldiers who battled aggressive climes with their regulation field jackets, bombers and parkas buttoned or zipped to the chin. Indeed, keeping troopers comfortable guided the design of the military surplus garments that have often become buzzy fashion trends. But now, jackets add far more than warmth to our wardrobe, and we hunt down outer layers branded with peerless fashion labels.
Fashion’s most iconic creations, despite their age, remain modern: Biker jackets originated in the 1920s, Balenciaga’s celebrated puffers are steeped in a tradition of down coats that began in the 1930s and your vintage denim jacket has come an even longer way, from California Gold Rush to wardrobe staple. Jeans bequeathed jean jackets during the 1880s, thanks to Levi Strauss, who crafted the former as a durable garment to be worn by miners and railroad workers. Later, jeans and jean jackets became synonymous with nonconformity and rebelliousness — with fashion legends such as actor James Dean in the 1950s and model Veruschka in the 1960s and ’70s leading the indigo-toned charge.
Another fashion rebel, Coco Chanel, used the classic tweed jacket to introduce more comfort and mobility into women’s daily lives. Debuting in 1954 and based on a cardigan, the groundbreaking Chanel jacket forever changed what women wear. The garment reacted against the fitted, constricting styles of Christian Dior’s New Look, which, as Chanel saw it, was making women dress like decorative objects.
On 1stDibs, find bold collections from cutting-edge contemporary designers who’ve taken the classic silhouette of the jacket to new heights or build out your array of vintage treasures (denim or otherwise) with dazzlers from Yves Saint Laurent, Gianni Versace, Moschino and more.