Jacket in camouflage fabric with embroidered ribbon trim, four patch pockets, heart shaped buttons made of wood and silver metal. Inside of jacket lined in green silk with red hearts. Camouflage corset vest with brown cording and a zippered back. Long camouflage kilt like skirt with raw fringed edged and a black leather buckle at side with gathered tie at waist. Label reads Moschino Couture! Made in Italy USA. Measurements: Coat: Bust approximately 34 inches, Waist approximately 37 inches, length approximately 23 inches , Corset/Dress: Bust approximately 30 inches, Waist approximately 29 inches, Total Length approximately 40 inches.
The Italian couturier Franco Moschino opened his atelier in 1983 with an inimitable design style. Expecting to work as a painter or illustrator, Franco Moschino instead factored artistic movements and pop cultural references into the foundation of his garments. Highly influenced by Dadaism and Surrealism, Moschino's work embodies the whimsical, the gaudy, and the theatrical: a prime exhibitor of Susan Sontag's notion of camp. Exaggerated, playful, and saturated characterize the mark of a quintessentially Moschino piece. Never one to shy from color or commit fully to concept, Franco Moschino entrusted the creative direction of his couture house (as well as his 1988 ready-to-wear line, Cheap and Chic Line) to the lively mind of Rosella Jardini until the brand's 2013 succession to Jeremy Scott.

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