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2022.38.2
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Admiration Clothes Two Piece Suit Trousers
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- 1948-1950 (Creation)
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High waisted trousers in a charcoal coloured, worsted wool fabric. Trousers have a button fly comprising of four bakelite buttons on a concealed button placket. For added stability, there is an additional button on the inside of the waistband that fastens to a button hole on a concealed tab at the top of the fly. On the inside of the waistband their are six additional buttons that enable braces to be worn. On the outside of the waist are six drop loops, hanging 1cm below the waistband and through which a belt can be threaded. The legs of the trousers are very wide from the crotch to the knee and then taper from the knee to the ankle. At the hem of each leg sits 2.5 inch turn ups. There is a crease front and back of each trouser leg, twin pleats at the front, and twin back darts which run from the waistband to the back pockets. The trousers have two, button fastened, slit pockets at the back and vertical inseam pockets at each side of the waist. The waistband of the trousers is lined in a cream satin fabric and each pocket is lined with a cream cotton fabric. '207 / V / WEL' is written in black ink on the waistband and on the lining of the right waist pocket.
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Material: Worsted Wool
Measurements: 32 Inches [Waist], 29 Inches [Inside Leg], 15 Inches [Rise], 9 Inches [Width of Leg at Hem], 15 Inches [Width of Leg at Thigh], 2.5 Inches [Turn Ups]
Details: Balloon leg trousers, wide turn ups
Physical Condition: Good
Material: Worsted Wool
Measurements: 32 Inches [Waist], 29 Inches [Inside Leg], 15 Inches [Rise], 9 Inches [Width of Leg at Hem], 15 Inches [Width of Leg at Thigh], 2.5 Inches [Turn Ups]
Details: Balloon leg trousers, wide turn ups
Physical Condition: Good