Giorgio di Sant’Angelo S Vintage Merino Wool Checked Vest Brownish Gray

Excellent pre-owned VTG condition Collectible Gold Line of Georgio San Angelo Made: Egypt Lined 100% Merino Wool 4 black front buttons with wool button loops Armpit to armpit 18" Length 24" to front tip back is 19" Very smart piece Can be worn with black straight skirt BRAND: In the 1960s, American fashion was looking toward space exploration to dress women, the designer Giorgio di Sant’Angelo waxed romantic on the possibilities of ethnic, gypsy, and hippie culture to transform the American woman. He is remembered today for his colorful, bohemian aesthetic, but also for his uncompromising vision. Taking a nomadic journey through architecture, a three-month scholarship working with Picasso, and a chance to illustrate animations at Disney, di Sant’Angelo arrived in New York in the 1960s, designing textiles, furniture, and jewelry. His fanciful plastic jewelry caught the eye of Diana Vreeland, who featured his work in Vogue and made him a freelance stylist. Di Sant’ Angelo showed his first collection in 1968, a whirlwind tour through the styles of the Incas, Aztecs, Navajos, and Eskimos. Kaleidoscopic prints, feathers, tie-dye, and suede fringe reflected the ease and flamboyance of the times. His successive collections were filled with ideas and references from around the world—Greek goddesses, Amazonian queens, peasants and princesses. Sant’Angelo’s work was imbued with a strong sense of conviction for the possibilities for liberating woman through clothes. 211