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            98 Archival description results for Suit

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            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
            Three Piece Tweed Demob Suit - Trousers
            2018.261.3 · Item · 1945-1948
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            High waisted tailored trousers with double pleats. Fly fastens with five hidden buttons, and centre front closes with a hidden button and hook and bar. Both fly facings are seamed to make complete piece. Each side seam has a hidden pocket. There are four buttons on the front and two on the back for braces buttoning. The back right has a single welt pocket and button. The left side has a strip of stitching remaining from a label. Trousers have a wide turn up hem. The inside seams are raw. Made in the United Kingdom. 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
            Hepworths Dinner Suit - Trousers
            2021.1.2 · Item · nd [1950-1955]
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Black wool dress suit or evening wear trousers - part of a suit. They have a narrow line of black rayon braid down the outside of each leg. They fasten centre front with a button fly and have buttons at the waistband for braces. The inside waistband is lined in cream rayon and the pocket bags are cream cotton. There is evidence of wear and staining to the pocket bags and around the bottom of the cuffs inside the hem. The trousers have been altered by being let out at the centre back seam with inserts to the waistband lining. Hepworths
            Alexander McQueen Glen Plaid Suit - trousers
            2017.014 · Item · Spring Summer 1998
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Wide leg tailored trousers in a black wool with blue pinstripe. There is a pocket with flap on the back right side, and slanted front pockets. The centre front fastens with an interior button, hook and bar, and extended waistband tab with exposed button.
            Country of Design: United Kingdom             Alexander McQueen
            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
            Tommy Nutter Beige Suit Trousers
            2019.63.13 · Item · 1975-1976
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Bespoke wool tailored flared trousers (part of a two piece suit). Front pockets run along waistband seam, with hand finished edge and a bar tack at each end. The fly front is finished with a hand stitch, and centre front closes with a hook and bar. Back of trouser has a single dart and no pockets. Waistband has seven belt loops. Trouser hem is finished with a length of tape, turned up with a herringbone stitch. With original hanger 2019.63.16. Designed and made in England. Tommy Nutter
            Tommy Nutter Green Suit Jacket with Large Lapel and Triple Pleated Back Detail
            2019.63.14 · Item · 1975-1976
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive

            Green wool bespoke tailored 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 peak 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
            Tommy Nutter Green Suit Trousers
            2019.63.15 · Item · 1975-1976
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Green wool bespoke tailored flared trousers (part of a two piece suit). Front pockets run along waistband seam, with hand finished edge and a bar tack at each end. The fly front is finished with a hand stitch, and centre front closes with a hook and bar. Back of trouser has a single dart and no pockets. Waistband has seven belt loops. Trousers are fully lined with lining attached by hand. Trouser hem is finished with a length of tape, turned up with a herringbone stitch. With original hanger 2019.63.16. Designed and made in England. Tommy Nutter