Manifold Vintage's Spring/Summer 2026 Collection features two black, crepey, 1990s Geoffrey Beene jackets; we think they are best described together. The jacket described in this listing is Jacket A, this link goes to Jacket B. A comparison image can be found in this listing’s photos.
Jacket A and Jacket B, viewed diachronically (looking at change over time), reflect Beene's turn away from ornamentation and contrast during his final years at the helm of the Geoffrey Beene house. Jacket A, from the early 1990s, is made of a visibly woven fabric. It features emerald trim, slate-gray stone buttons, and a hood. Jacket B, in contrast, is of uniform texture and monochromatic. Its black buttons are not eye-catching. For context, Beene had long embraced contrast, texture, and ornamentation. Take, for example, two pieces from Manifold Vintage's past collections: an ivory-and-black column dress with stark chromatic contrast, metallic trim, and quilted cuffs, or a later palm-leaf-print jersey gown with striped woolen pieces. Was the more muted Fall 1998 collection, in which Jacket B debuted, a deliberate step away from his earlier signatures, or a concession to the tastes of the period?
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