Identity area
Reference code
2017.354.6
Title
Mother Wouldn't Like It Shirt
Date(s)
- undated [1967-1972] (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1
Context area
Name of creator
(1964-1974)
Administrative history
Shirt label founded in the mid-1960s by Bryan King. He arrived in London from Australia in 1961 and was active in theatre, launching Theatrescope, a lunch-time theatre company. In 1964. He designed shirts, dresses and accessories under the label 'Mother Wouldn't Like It' which he sold at Kensington Market and also at a showroom in Bond Street. The garments were made in Queensway, at the Whiteleys Department Store building by seamstresses, including one woman who had come to England from Sri Lanka in 1965 and worked there for two years making the brightly coloured shirts and sewing labels into garments. King died aged 39 in 1974.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Cream long sleeved shirt with wide pointed collar and ruffle front. It fastens centre front with six cream plastic buttons and there is a row of ruffles down each side of the front opening button placket. The cuffs have two buttons and buttonholes.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Polyester or polyester cotton mix
Colour/Print: Cream
Details: Ruffles
Label: Mother Wouldn't Like It / Made in England
Colour/Print: Cream
Details: Ruffles
Label: Mother Wouldn't Like It / Made in England