Skirt suit

This daywear ensemble consists of a jacket and skirt made of black and white striped silk, and a sleeveless bodice made of pink silk. The jacket is short and has a short standing collar. It is slightly opened at the front with no means of fastening and the stripes of the fabric are horizontal. The skirt is tight with a slight flare below the knee. It is made of two panels at the front and at the back, cut in the bias of the fabric with a middle seam. The black and white stripes of the skirt are in the diagonal. The bodice has a slight V-cut neckline and has a black and white rose embroidered at waist level. Nicole Groult was one of the sisters of the celebrated French costume and dress desig

Skirt suit · Paris · 1934. Machine- and hand-sewn silk, with hand embroidery. By Groult, Nicole. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.