Final Collection McQueen Angel Jacket designer-pauline-trigere almost weightless silk chiffon that

almost weightless silk chiffon that has that spectacular dots of gold lame thread woven though the silk

The cut is pure forties pin up - it has almost dolman sleeves with no shoulder seams - the sleeves are built out from just above the waist

The bodice above has gold metal dome buttons to close as seen

Now you would rarely see a set constructed like this as it uses so much extra material and time

Waist: 18" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

Final Collection McQueen Angel Jacket designer-pauline-trigere almost weightless silk chiffon thatThe final collection was cut on the stand by McQueen and the pieces are the last produced by him. The instantly sold out world wide and are the absolute hardest and most precious of all his work. I am immensely pleased to offer this suburb gold silk brocade jacket and belt in pristine, museum quality. Sarah Burton said of this final collection: "He wanted to get back to the handcraft he loved, and the things that are being lost in the making of