suit
Summary
Chanel-style 2-piece suit in cream slubbed silk. Short boxy jacket with full length cf opening (no fastenings); long sleeves with 2 cream oval buttons; shoulder pads; flapped side pockets; horizontal bust darts; all edges (fronts, cuffs, pocket flaps and neck edged in cream rickrack braid; fully lined cream acetate; woven label cb neck "Aquascutum, Regent St, London W1; 1979 Queens Award for Export Achievement". Matching skirt with 4 inverted box pleats front and back; waistband; side seams with left side placket and zip; fully lined cream acetate; woven label "Aquascutum of London, made in England"
Object Name
suit
Creators Name
Date Created
1979
Dimensions
(L (jacket) : 25 in):
(L (skirt) : 29 in):
accession number
1999.166
Collection Group
Place of creation
London
Medium
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