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Description: | Tailored in Harris Tweed, a traditional British fabric, this suit wittily reworks a country style worn by the upper classes into a fashion item for urban wear. The jacket is based on the Norfolk jacket, a classic informal style worn by adults and boys for sporting and country wear from the mid-1870s. Women wore them for walking, cycling, golf and shooting.
The snug-fitting belted jacket is trimmed with two vertical bands of tweed on the front and back, which act as belt loops at the waist. The bands on the front of the jacket extend into buttoned pocket flaps at the front hips. The jacket fastens with five large horn buttons. The belt buckle is also made from horn with a handcrafted appearance. The knickerbockers and hat are made from a similar colour of Harris Tweed woven with a large red over-check. The trousers are gathered below the knee into a cuff fastened at the side with horn button. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | Youth Culture and Fashion | Temporal: | 1957-1958 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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