STÉPHANE MAHÉAS. Long haute couture evening coat with officer's collar in wool and silk, embroidered with stylized characters in motion on the back and sleeves in multicolored silk and lurex threads. Size 38-40 (Very good condition). Provenance: Diane de France Wurtemberg. Trained in Christian Dior's ateliers, Stéphane Mahéas spent fifteen years working for some of the world's leading fashion houses (Chanel, Yves Saint-Laurent, Dior, Christian Lacroix) before opening his own haute couture house in Paris in 2000.

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