Aubergine cloak designed by Vivienne Westwood and worn by André Leon Talley

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

An aubergine and black "Climate Revolution" cloak designed by Vivienne Westwood and worn by André Leon Talley. The cloak is made from an aubergine silk satin for the exterior and a black silk satin interior. The black silk interior can be seen around the neck, which is folded over when worn, and as the cloak billows open at the bottom. The cloak has an asymmetrical front with the proper left side being shorter as it curves open near the hip to extend down to the floor on the back side. The neck, front right side, bottom front right, and bottom left back edges have dagging made by cutting strips several inches into the fabric with the edges left raw. The cloak has a drawstring that ties at the center front neck with a strip of black fabric printed with grey repeating text "GOLD LABEL.

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