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Soave trousers with jacket

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Two-part dance outfit, consisting of jacket and soave trousers, with red and turquoise satin printed with depictions of Chinese figures. The jacket has a collar with four points, just like the sleeve ends. Sleeves and shoulders are of turquoise fabric, the body is of red fabric. The inside of the collar is lined with the same printed fabric, but in purple. \The trousers fall wide from a tight waist to the banding of the legs.‖ The suit was worn by Mathilde Willink. Mathilde wore it during tap lessons from Jack Bow.\In 1971, Chinese-Dutch fashion designer Carla Maria Fong Leng Tsang (b. 1937) opened the doors of 'studio Fong Leng' in P.C. Hooftstraat in Amsterdam, where colorful and extravagant clothing was sold. Her creations were usually of silk with Chinese motifs on it. Her most famous customer was Mathilde Willink. With her unusual outfits Mathilde was a well-known and striking figure on the streets of Amsterdam in the 1970s.
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Title: Soave trousers with jacket
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Two-part dance outfit, consisting of jacket and soave trousers, with red and turquoise satin printed with depictions of Chinese figures.
The jacket has a collar with four points, just like the sleeve ends.
Sleeves and shoulders are of turquoise fabric, the body is of red fabric.
The inside of the collar is lined with the same printed fabric, but in purple.
\The trousers fall wide from a tight waist to the banding of the legs.
‖ The suit was worn by Mathilde Willink.
Mathilde wore it during tap lessons from Jack Bow.
\In 1971, Chinese-Dutch fashion designer Carla Maria Fong Leng Tsang (b.
1937) opened the doors of 'studio Fong Leng' in P.
C.
Hooftstraat in Amsterdam, where colorful and extravagant clothing was sold.
Her creations were usually of silk with Chinese motifs on it.
Her most famous customer was Mathilde Willink.
With her unusual outfits Mathilde was a well-known and striking figure on the streets of Amsterdam in the 1970s.

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