ADOLFO for SAKS 5TH AVE. MEN'S DOUBLE BREASTED CLASSIC DESIGN LUXURY BLAZER

This Adolfo sport coat features a timeless double-breasted style a versatile addition to any wardrobe. TAILORING: Shoulders 20" Armpits 22" Sleeves 23.5" Length 30" DETAILS https://www.tiktok.com/@geneedwards389 Adolfo (Sardina) (1933-2021) began his career as a milliner. After an apprenticeship with Balenciaga as a teenager, he moved to New York in 1948 and became an apprentice milliner at Bergdorf Goodman. He worked as a designer for milliner Erik Braagaard in the early 1950s and 1953 was named head designer at Emme, where he received two awards for his millinery designs—a Coty “young designer” award in 1955, and a Neiman Marcus award, shared with Emme, in 1959. As widely praised as his collections for Emme were, he felt he was not receiving due credit there (his name never appeared on the label) and left in February 1962. Later that year, he opened his millinery house with a $10,000 loan from Bill Blass. In the 1960s his celebrity clients ranged from the Duchess of Windsor, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Betsy Bloomingdale to Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Nancy Reagan (who wore a red Adolfo dress, currently in the Smithsonian, to her husband’s second inaugural ball). His custom clothing was available both in his salon and in the Adolfo boutique at Saks Fifth Avenue. COPY & PASTE VIDEO BELOW: ADOLFO 1984 https://youtu.be/0UbGzRwTDqs?si=TxmrLTF-V-aL8ukF NOTES: Adolfo was interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel for the television program Fashion: The Inside Story, 1984.