Sleeveless vest/coat created with an antiqued foiled lace bonded to a base fabric. The back finishes at waist height, with extended panels on the front to knee length. The centre front fastens halfway with 5 concealed buttons.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Alexander McQueen
Funnel neck waistcoat in a stretch fabric, navy with a light blue pinstripe. There is darted shaping at the front neckline, and front and back waist. The centre front fastens with six concealed buttons. No pockets.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Alexander McQueen
Funnel neck waistcoat in a stretch fabric, navy with a light blue pinstripe. There is darted shaping at the front neckline, and front and back waist. The centre front fastens with six concealed buttons. No pockets.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Alexander McQueen
Black wool single breasted vest or waistcoat - part of a three-piece suit. It has a v-neck and fastens down the front with six black buttons. It has four slanted pockets - two chest and two at waist. The fronts were pointed but have been altered by taking up the points to the underside and stitching. The back is made of black cotton sateen and has a back strap with a black japanned two prong metal buckle with 'BRITISH' embossed into it. It is lined in cream striped cotton. There is a factory label on the inside of the left top pocket.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Formal day wear
Montague Burton Ltd
Sleeveless vest/coat in a grey wool with blue pinstripe. The back finishes at waist height, with extended panels on the front to knee length. The centre front fastens halfway with 5 concealed buttons
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Alexander McQueen
Dark blue waistcoat with round neck and no collar which fastens with five heavy metal (lead) shank buttons. The buttons are orb shaped and crudely faceted. The buttonholes are hand stitched. The waistcoat has two angled pockets with flaps at hips and two small side vents. It is lined in blue acetate rayon. Part of a suit, with matching trousers. Bespoke.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: England
Take 6
Blue synthetic sleeveless waistcoat or vest with silver reflective strips. The waistcoat has a v-neck and closes with a vertical length of Velcro down the centre front. It has a vertical strip of silver reflective material sewn onto each side of the front chest and a horizontal strip across the top of the centre back which has been printed with 'STONE ISLAND' in cutout lettering on black. Under the front left strip is printed in stencil style lettering in black 'S. I 989'. The armholes, bottom hem and neck edges are finished with darker blue synthetic trim.
Stone Island
Season: Liam Hodges aw14 Druid Road January 2014
Material: cotton and tape vest.
Liam Hodges
Forest green wool facecloth vest or waistcoat with green cotton sateen back and gold metal thread work looped lacing and Austrian knot work. It has a deep curved neckline which is edged in gold coloured pointed glass beads. It closes centre front with 5 pairs of black japanned metal hooks and eyes which alternate. Lined in cream cotton and with a green cotton sateen back strap with black japanned two prong metal buckle with 'BRITISH' engraved into it. There is a name stamped in black ink on the lining 'J. S. Philips' and handwritten in green pencil 'R S M GRAHAM'.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Military uniform, ceremonial dress, mess dress, full dress
Designer unknown
Light green cotton collarless waistcoat with machine embroidered design of leaves and flowers across the fronts in light green thread. It buttons down the front with six brown horn buttons sewn on with red thread and has four slanted welted pockets. The back and lining is cream cotton and there are back tabs which fasten with a double prong metal buckle and multicoloured thread eyelets.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: India
Paul Smith