suit

Bruce Oldfield 1950

Summary

2 piece suit with matching metal daisy belt. Dark brown boucle wool suit with fitted single breasted jacket with raglan sleeves and no collar; breast pocket flaps with gilt metal daisy buttons; 5 matching buttons centre front with presstuds below; complex cut with narrow vertical panels below pocket flaps and curving seams from neck down each sleeve; lined brown acetate; matching short skirt; gilt metal link belt designed by Farah Lister with 7 large daisies to match the buttons on the jacket. Woven labels "Bruce Oldfield, Custom Made, London" Worn by the model, Marie Helvin, a great friend and party companion of Bruce Oldfield, who dated it to the Autumn/Winter 1994 collection.