Butch Tailors' Tailcoat, (Handwritten) 'Smets, date: 10/10/60 No. 102110ff5' (?)
Designer unknown
Country of Design: United States
United States Armed Forces
Country of Design: United States
United States Armed Forces
Country of Design: United States
United States Armed Forces
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
Black wool box jacket with grey abstract print. There is a single flap pocket on each side. The centre front closes with four concealed buttons with a tab at the neckline under the collar. The sleeve cuff has four decorative buttons. The centre back seam has a single vent.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Alexander McQueen
Black wool trousers with a white pinstripe - part of a three-piece suit. The trousers have a high waist with two pleats either side of the button fly fastening. The trouser cuffs are permanent turn-ups. Two vertical pocket openings in the side seams and one pocket on the left rear with a flap which closes with one button. It has 8 black buttons on the waist band for braces, all of which are engraved 'MONTAGUE BURTON'. The pocket linings and inside waistband lining are white cotton.
Country of Design: England
Country of Manufacture: England
Keywords: Formal day wear
Montague Burton Ltd
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
Blue Frock coat with striped shirting sleeves. Centre front has ten McQueen branded buttons, four are decorative and six functional. There are two flap pockets and a double vent at centre back.
Country of Design: United Kingdom
Alexander McQueen