W< Walter van Beirendonck AW1996 long black poly open puffer coat - S M unisex and a solid metal zip

and a solid metal zip up front

and possibly also for decoration

Magazine published August 2001

paneled detailing on front

Produced for margiela in the 1990s by italian knitwear manufacturer miss deanna

W&LT Walter van Beirendonck AW1996 long black poly open puffer coat - S M unisex and a solid metal zipA long puffer coat from walter van beirendonck's label "wild & lethal trash" (W&LT). Made for AW1996, it is produced here in a sheeny shiny black polyester with an unknown fill padding material (tags cut), which gives the coat an unusually structured, almost rigid feel for a puffer (it's almost as if the filling has been packed in extra tight compared to normal). The coat has a high, turned up neck, side pockets, unusual back neck detail (see picture