KASPER (CANADA) MEN'S VINTAGE VELOUR (3) METAL BUTTON LUXURY BLAZER

KASPER (CANADA) MEN'S VINTAGE VELOUR (3) METAL BUTTON LUXURY BLAZER METAL BUTTON CLOSURE / CUFFS VELOUR FABRIC EXTREMELY SOFT FULLY LINED TAILORING: Shoulders Armpits Sleeves Length HERBERT KASPER Born in New York City in 1926, Kasper studied English and advertising at New York University before serving in the US Army during the Second World War. He later studied in Paris, at L’École de la Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, earning him stints at Christian Dior and Marcel Rochas. He started out as a milliner but soon moved into designing dresses, spending most of his career working for Leslie Fay Inc., both as a head designer and eventually vice president. For Kasper, it was about ‘creating clothes for a particular kind of American woman… adventurous and vital with a lifestyle that demands she play many different roles throughout the day.’ ART: Kasper’s first serious acquisition was a charcoal sketch by Edgar Degas, Etude pour une danseuse ajustant son corsage (circa 1897), which he purchased from Victor Waddington’s gallery in London. Over the next 50 years, Kasper went on to amass an exceptional collection of drawings, sketches, collages, and watercolors on paper. He was first attracted to the 19th- and 20th-century masters — Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Juan Gris.