Céline, 2018
Céline, 2018
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Item type Skirt Size FR40 / L Accession CEL100444 Design house Celine Designer Phoebe Philo (British, 1973–) Collection Spring/Summer 2018 Material Wool gabardine Place of origin France
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For Spring/Summer 2018, Phoebe Philo looked back to the late-’70s and early-’80s Céline woman on Avenue Foch: pleated skirts, grown-up glamour, a sense of ease and pride in getting dressed. Those ideas came through in the collection’s opening skirt suits: oversized tailored blazers paired with pleated skirts like this one.
Cut in box-pleated wool gabardine, the skirt has a wrap front that creates a double layer of pleats, and a slight asymmetry at the hem.
On the waist, a gold horsebit buckle is secured onto the lambskin leather trim that runs around the waistband, appearing as if a buckled belt has been affixed directly onto the skirt’s waist.
The gold brass hardware recalls the house’s earlier equestrian codes: the “Sulky” horse carriage motifs of the mid-1960s, and the metal horsebit accents that appeared soon after in the early ‘70s.
On this skirt, that history isn’t just decorative. The bit actually closes the wrap front—turning an archival motif into working hardware.
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DesignMedium
Material Wool gabardine Composition 100% Wool Handle Light, dry, fluid Weight Midweight Transparency No Stretch No Sheen No Trim Lambskin leather Composition 100% Lambskin InscriptionsBrand label
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Marked size FR40 Waist width 39 cm Hip width 52 cm Total length 77 cm Product measurements are taken individually by hand from the actual piece. For clothing, these are carefully measured as the piece is laid flat. It may be helpful to compare these measurements to a similar piece you already have.
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Pristine
This piece exhibits no noticeable signs of use.
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Céline, 2018
Buckled wrap skirt in pleated gabardine
Full front
Model Dasha Shevik walks the Céline Spring/Summer 2018 womenswear show in Paris. Image via Celine
Model Dasha Shevik walks the Céline Spring/Summer 2018 womenswear show in Paris. Video via Celine
Horsebit buckle in gold brass on the waistband
Brown lambskin leather trim along the waistband
The buckle, unclasped
Two-button closure within the wrap waist
Full back
Box-pleated taupe wool gabardine
Box-pleated taupe wool gabardine
Brand label
Size indication, fabric composition and care labels; original retail tags
Model Dasha Shevik walks the Céline Spring/Summer 2018 womenswear show in Paris. Image via The New York Times
Model Ling Chen appears in the Céline Spring/Summer 2018 campaign by Juergen Teller.
Model Dasha Shevik walks the Céline Spring/Summer 2018 womenswear show in Paris.