Gucci TomFord 2001AwardYear Leather TuxedoPeakLapel SingleClasp EcruDinnerJacket

Significantly, 2001 was the year that Tom Ford (b. 1961) won the Council of Fashion Designers of America womenswear award for Designer of the Year, while The Met acquired Ford’s signature corset dress for its Costume Institute collection.

Purchased at the Gucci boutique on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, this “Made In Italy”-labeled jacket is an Italian-size 40 or US-size 6 with the padded shoulder-to-shoulder seam measurement of 15.4 inches and 23.6 inches arm length.

The jacket is streamlined by marked and angled peak lapels, sleeve vents with concealed buttons, back symmetrical vent, and single-point closure near the interior seam via a tiny Gucci branded silver-tone metal clasp. Notably, these are among the most technically challenging elements to tailor.

Fully lined in ecru silk-blend fabric, the jacket’s left interior chest pocket sports button-and-fabric-loop closure and a fully sewn larger black Gucci brand label.

We added photos of the jacket worn over our black-tulle-covered ecru strapless balconette corset dress that was the Gucci Spring/Summer 2001 fashion-show “Look 2”, which was photographed by Vogue.