French Fashion Design: Fashion Illustrations from the House of Jacques Heim

Fur coat cornelli ensemble in nut brown. A high upturned collar trimmed with astrakhan or Persian lamb that moves asymmetrically along the garment. It goes down the hip vent then over the bell-shaped peplum.

Detailed embroidery of arabesques features on the bodice. The jacket has full length gauntlet sleeves, and the model holds a muff of matching astrakhan. She wears a brown felt halo cap with the brim upswept.

Sketch of garment front is possibly the Premier or Master tailor’s sketch.