Archival Vivienne Westwood Red Label "Yin Yang" Asymmetric Wool Skirt Suit Set - NOS / Size S (IT 42)
Archival Vivienne Westwood Red Label "Yin Yang" Asymmetric Wool Skirt Suit Set - NOS / Size S (IT 42)
## Provenance, Historical Significance & Iconography
**THE ULTIMATE MUSEUM GRAIL: VIVIENNE WESTWOOD "YIN YANG SUIT" (CIRCA 1993–1995 DESIGN MATRIX / RED LABEL MILLENNIUM EMISSION)**
An extraordinary, investment-grade sartorial artifact officially documented in prestigious international fine art registries under its designated historical title: the Vivienne Westwood **"Yin Yang Suit"**.
This legendary design features a highly sophisticated, mathematical "alternating background grid" where the monochrome checks deliberately invert dominance. This specific structural matrix is a direct archival revival of the historic, bias-cut grid skirt worn extensively by Dame Vivienne Westwood herself in 1977, famously captured in early London Punk photographic records alongside her iconic Seditionaries "God Save the Queen" muslin tops.
Archival Curation Note: The identical historical grid pattern and bias-cut construction of the skirt can be verified in the official British Vogue archives worn by Vivienne Westwood. Click here to view the 1977 historical visual documentation in the Vogue Archive.
While fine art registrars catalog the garment under its original mid-1990s conceptual design matrix (1990–1995), this specific physical artifact represents the ultra-rare, definitive commercial release from the historic **Red Label Millennium Debut (1999–2001)** manufactured by Staff International in Italy. Westwood famously re-activated her most personal, radical punk-tailoring patterns to celebrate the launch of the Red Label mainline, delivering a monumental bridge between 1970s London subversion and master-tier European manufacturing.
## Design & Structural Architecture
A masterclass in Westwood's legendary deconstructed pattern-cutting and optical illusion aesthetics.
* **The Drunken Asymmetric Jacket:** Engineered with a heavily skewed, multi-panel front axis featuring intentionally misaligned buttoning that forces a dramatic, sculptural fold-over collar. Can be styled open as a sweeping portrait collar or buttoned high for an avant-garde geometric silhouette.
* **The Alternating "Yin Yang" Grid:** Features a highly technical dual-tone pattern matrix where the charcoal-navy and ivory-cream grids alternate dominance across the collar, jacket body, and skirt panels, creating immense shifting contrast in motion.
* **The Orb Signature Hardware:** Secured with premium, mirror-finish silver metallic buttons embossed with the iconic Vivienne Westwood Royal Orb & Saturn ring insignia.
## Auction Provenance & Institutional Trading Pedigree
**REGISTERED MASTER LOT | EUROPEAN DIRECTORY CHAIN**
The garment’s institutional pedigree is uniquely verified through its documented market chain: originally entering the secondary art market through a specialized luxury auction in Germany, it was subsequently selected for premium curation and re-entered through the prestigious avant-garde auction circuits in Turin, Italy, before being secured for this archive from an elite private collection in Berlin.
## Curator's Condition & Archival Integrity Report
* **Classification:** Vault Quality Archival Condition (Grade A+).
* **Preservation State:** Pristine condition. The lightweight wool weave remains completely stiff, displaying zero pilling, friction matting, or storage stress.
* **Archival Integrity & Internal Couture Engineering:** Highly remarkable for elite curators, the interior construction of the skirt exhibits the distinct, raw, and unversed 'atelier-cut' seams characteristic of Westwood's radical punk heritage. To maintain the completely fluid, organic drape of the bias-cut wool grid, the inner seams were deliberately left raw and asymmetric by Staff International—perfectly preserving the traditional, non-mass-produced couture craftsmanship of the era (highly reminiscent of 1990s Gianni Versace runway construction).
* **Archival Care:** Meticulously processed utilizing our specialized in-house molecular ozone treatment to guarantee absolute museum-level sterilization and immediate wearable readiness.
## Specifications & Measurements
* **House / Brand:** Vivienne Westwood Red Label (Millennium Production - Made in Italy)
* **Origin:** 100% Authentic Made in Italy
* **Marked Size:** Italy 42
* **Size Tendency Note:** Runs significantly smaller than contemporary luxury scales due to the structural, non-stretch panel construction. Tends perfectly toward a modern European Size 36 / Small to narrow 38 (US 4-6 / UK 8-10). Please respect the flat measurements below.
### Flat Measurements (Laid Flat & Unstretched)
* **Jacket - Pit-to-Pit:** 45 cm / 17.7 inches
* **Jacket - Shoulder:** 45 cm / 17.7 inches
* **Jacket - Length:** 37 cm / 14.6 inches
* **Skirt - Waist:** 30 cm / 11.8 inches
* **Skirt - Hips:** 53 cm / 20.9 inches
* **Skirt - Length:** 66.5 cm / 26.2 inches
### Material Composition
* **Outer Shell:** 100% Light Wool / Lana Vergine
* **Production:** Made in Italy
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Care & Condition
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