Do I call this an evening coat, or an opera coat? The fabric is a textured, almost 3-D effect in gold & cream - is there a name for it? The button is unusual - is there a name for this style?<p> <img src=http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ar/artizania/GoldJkt2.jpg> <img src=http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ar/artizania/GoldJktButton.jpg> <img src=http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/ar/artizania/GoldJktLabel.jpg><p>Thanks for any help!
It's pruddy! I don't know what technically makes a coat "opera" versus "evening." I tend to associate "opera" coats or capes with longer length, but have no idea why I do so. On the fabric... lamé matelasse? Steph
The fabric looks like those modern ones that are treated with latex!! I'm sure it's matelasse though. The button alone is wonderful from what I can see - is it woven?
I tend to think of opera as longer too. How about evening cocktail coat That is gorgeous Margaret I used to have a couple but with no where to go I ended up selling them Watch some day soon I will be invited some place fancy and have nothing to wear. I would also call it lame matellasse (sp ? I never get it right)
Matelasse - that's what I was trying to recall! Thanks! ;-) The button seems to be strips of the fabric wrapped or woven around a ring of some sort.
A couple of my 50s catalogues call this length a "stroller" - but that sounds rather pedestrian for such a glam coat as this! I would also go with matelasse lame. Sue
