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2022.106.1
Title
Kilgour, French & Stanbury Tailored Dinner Suit Jacket
Date(s)
- undated [1960-1969] (Creation)
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1
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Biographical history
Name of creator
(1880-)
Administrative history
Savile Row tailor Kilgour has its origins in two firms, T. & F. French and A.H. Kilgour. In 1923 they merged to become Kilgour & French with brothers Fred and Louis Stanbury joining in 1925. They were renowned for their elegance and smartness of cut and the house was renamed Kilgour, French & Stanbury in 1937. In 1970 the company incorporated Bernard Weatherall, a tailor known for sporting and equestrian wear. From 1977 to 1982 Tommy Nutter was with the house and in 1981 introduced a ready-to-wear range called Tommy Nutter for Kilgours.
In 2003 the company relaunched as Kilgour with menswear designer Carlo Brandelli as Creative and Design Director. He worked with the house until 2009 and then again between 2013-2017.
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Tuxedo jacket in a black woollen fabric. Jacket has a shawl collar in a silky fabric and is front fastening by a single plastic button. The jacket has three pockets; a welted, breast pocket on the left side of the opening, and two jetted pockets at the waist. A 22.5cm dart runs up from the inner edge of each of these pockets. At each cuff, there are four silk covered, shank buttons. There is no vent at the back of the jacket. The inside of the jacket is lined and there are jetted pockets on either side of the chest.
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Label: Styled for / Selfridges / by / Kilgour, French & Stanbury / London
Measurements: 47cm [Chest]; 79cm [Length]
Materials: Wool
Details: Shawl collar; buttons at cuff
Physical Condition: Good
Measurements: 47cm [Chest]; 79cm [Length]
Materials: Wool
Details: Shawl collar; buttons at cuff
Physical Condition: Good