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2018.245.2
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Vivienne Westwood College Stripe Cotton Waistcoat (part of three piece suit)
Date(s)
- 1994 (Creation)
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Cotton twill waistcoat in a black, blue, grey and white college stripe. It has four pockets, two angled welt breast pockets and two flap pockets. It fastens with five faux horn orb buttons. The front is lined in pale pink acetate which also constructs the cinched back. Part of a selection of suits that Vivienne Westwood made for iconic hairstylist Sam McKnight from women's fabrics selected by McKnight, who worked with Westwood in the early 1990s before the launch of Westwood's MAN collections in 1996. The suit was last worn by Sam McKnight at Kate Moss's thirtieth birthday party at Claridges in 2004.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
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100% cotton. Lining: 100% acetate
Colour/Print: college stripe in black, blue, grey, white and green
Details: cinched back,
Colour/Print: college stripe in black, blue, grey, white and green
Details: cinched back,
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Included in J. François-Campbell, The Waistcoat Workbook: Historical, Modern, and Genre Drafting of Waistcoats for Men and Women 1837-Present Day (New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2024), p. 95.