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            Montague Burton Three Piece Suit - Waistcoat
            2017.081.2 · Item · 1930s
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            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
            Take 6 Waistcoat Suit - Waistcoat
            2017.136.1 · Item · 1968-1970
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            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
            Hepworths Drape Suit - Trousers
            2018.79.2 · Item · 1948-1955
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            High waisted, pleated grey wool trouser with cummerbund style waistband with extended tab at the centre front which is secured with four buttons. The internal tab also has four buttons and there are six ivory buttons sewn on around the waistband for the attachment of braces. It has a front change pocket with flap and button closure on the right side and two slant front pockets along with two back jetted pockets with button closures. It has '30W, 30L' written in pen into the waistband and features stitched turn ups.
            Country of Design: England
            Country of Manufacture: England             Hepworths
            Tommy Nutter Three Piece Suit - Waistcoat
            2018.98.2 · Item · 1980s
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Tommy Nutter brown checked darted waistcoat with blue, green and orange detailing. It has lapels and a button fastening made up of five brown plastic buttons with a sixth button as decoration. It has two shallow slant welt pockets on the front and has a brown viscose lining back with adjustable back cinch with gunmetal slider held in position by a loop just to the left of the centre back. The waistcoat is lined in cream cotton.
            Country of Design: England
            Country of Manufacture: Italy             Tommy Nutter
            Vivienne Westwood Black Velvet Waistcoat (part of three piece suit)
            2018.246.2 · Item · early 1990s
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Black velvet waistcoat with pink acetate back. It has four pockets, two angled welt breast pockets and two flap pockets. It fastens with five gilt orb shank buttons with a sixth decorative button. 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.
            Country of Design: England
            Country of Manufacture: England             Vivienne Westwood
            Three Piece Tweed Demob Suit - Waistcoat
            2018.261.2 · Item · 1945-1948
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Brown tailored waistcoat with six buttons on centre front. Each side has two pockets, the top pocket being smaller than the lower. There are two lines of stitching on the right hand side remaining from a removed label. The back has a plain brown lining, and the inside has a white lining with three black pinstripes repeated. There is no back sinch. each side seam ends with a small vent. Made in UK Designer unknown
            Hepworths Dinner Suit - Jacket
            2021.1.1 · Item · nd [1950-1955]
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Black wool dinner or evening jacket with grosgrain shawl collar (part of a two piece suit). Made to measure. It has no back vent and closes centre front with one black button. Lined in black twill rayon, sleeves lined in cream rayon. Hand and machine stitched. Evidence of alteration with inserts to the lining at the shoulders. Two horizontal jetted pockets at the front waist and one angled welted pocket at the left chest. Inside chest pocket in the lining. Hepworths
            Tommy Nutter Beige Suit Jacket with Large Lapel and Triple Pleated Back Detail
            2019.63.12 · Item · 1975-1976
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive

            Bespoke tailored wool jacket (part of a two piece suit) with large single breasted lapels. The lapels are wide and curve in towards the button closure. The collar has a notched point with a single button hole on the left side.

            The centre front closes with a single button with hand stitched button hole. The jacket overall shape is slim, narrow at the shoulders and fitted on the waist. The back of the jacket has a yoke seam and a seam at the waist, both finished with a hand pick stitch. The section between is formed of three vertical pleats, a variation of an American sport jacket. Below the waist seam, the back seam becomes a double vent, secured at the top with a row of hand stitching.

            The front body of the jacket has a patch pocket with rounded corners and a box pleat. The edges of the pocket are all hand pick stitched. The sleeve has a single functioning button. All edges are secured with hand stitching. With original hanger 2019.63.16. Designed and made in England.

             Tommy Nutter