This jacket is attributed to Valentino mainline and dated to the 1990s, placing it within the final decade in which Valentino Garavani still directly shaped the house before the company’s 1998 sale. During that period, Valentino’s ready-to-wear remained closely tied to the maison’s couture vocabulary, favoring polished tailoring, softened structure, and overtly romantic surface treatment rather than the harder minimalism emerging elsewhere in the decade. The jacket’s pale suede-like leather body, open front, and pale blue ruffled silk insert place it firmly within that language, combining strict line with a deliberately decorative interior flourish that reads as both intimate and theatrical.
Leather jacket. Ruffled silk inserts.
Leather. Silk.
Made in Italy.
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$720 USD
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This jacket is attributed to Valentino mainline and dated to the 1990s, placing it within the final decade in which Valentino Garavani still directly shaped the house before the company’s 1998 sale. During that period, Valentino’s ready-to-wear remained closely tied to the maison’s couture vocabulary, favoring polished tailoring, softened structure, and overtly romantic surface treatment rather than the harder minimalism emerging elsewhere in the decade. The jacket’s pale suede-like leather body, open front, and pale blue ruffled silk insert place it firmly within that language, combining strict line with a deliberately decorative interior flourish that reads as both intimate and theatrical.
Leather jacket. Ruffled silk inserts.
Leather. Silk.
Made in Italy.
This jacket is attributed to Valentino mainline and dated to the 1990s, placing it within the final decade in which Valentino Garavani still directly shaped the house before the company’s 1998 sale. During that period, Valentino’s ready-to-wear remained closely tied to the maison’s couture vocabulary, favoring polished tailoring, softened structure, and overtly romantic surface treatment rather than the harder minimalism emerging elsewhere in the decade. The jacket’s pale suede-like leather body, open front, and pale blue ruffled silk insert place it firmly within that language, combining strict line with a deliberately decorative interior flourish that reads as both intimate and theatrical.
Leather jacket. Ruffled silk inserts.
Leather. Silk.
Made in Italy.