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            105 Archival description results for Tailoring

            Alexander McQueen Frock Coat
            2017.082.1 · Item · Spring Summer 1999
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            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
            Mr Burt Tailored Jacket
            2017.356 · Item · 1973
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Brown wool pinstripe single breasted tailored jacket. It has wide rounded collar and lapels and fastens with two buttons. It has two vents in the back and three pockets on the front, an angled welted breast pocket on the left chest and two flapped pockets at the waist. The cuffs have vents and two buttons. Lined in brown twill viscose. Factory label in the right inner breast pocket shows it was made to measure (probably part of a suit) in one of Burton's northern English factories. Label dated 4.11.73
            Country of Design: England
            Country of Manufacture: England
            Keywords: Formal day wear, tailoring
            Mr Burt
            2018.71.1 · Item · 1970-1979
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Made to measure single breasted herringbone tweed blazer with fine stripes of red, yellow and orange running through three shank buttons and three at each cuff. It has two flap pockets and a long single back vent. It is fully lined in grey viscose with underarm sweat protectors
            Country of Design: United Kingdom
            Country of Manufacture: England
            Aquascutum
            2018.71.2 · Item · 1970-1979
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Made to measure flat front high waisted trouser in herringbone tweed with leather strips sewn onto each trouser cuff for protection against excessive wear. The front pockets have a step details and there are two back pockets. There is a zip closure and an internal button tab at the waistband. It has eight belt loops.
            Country of Design: United Kingdom
            Country of Manufacture: England
            Aquascutum
            2020.103.1 · Item · 2020
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Tailored jacket made of dark and light grey checked wool mix cloth. The pattern is an overcheck with a stylised dogtooth underneath. It has a turn down collar and lapel and crosses over at the front in double breasted style, fastening with three black plastic buttons - two buttons visible, one on the inside. It has two large patch pockets at the hips and has a centre back vent. It is lined in light blue viscose with two inside chest pockets and one small pocket to the inside left waist. AAK Ltd swing tag attached (in Object File). Marks & Spencer
            2016.306 · Item · 1996
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Blue wool tail coat with two detachable buttoning false waistcoat points in pale yellow wool. Double breasted and fastens with two shank plastic buttons (show 6). Each button has on the underside etched 'HUNTSMAN SAVILE ROW'. Three buttons at cuffs with opening button holes. Lined in navy blue rayon.
            Country of Design: England
            Country of Manufacture: England
            Keywords: Horse riding, dressage
            H. Huntsman & Sons
            2019.63.5 · Item · nd [1990-1999]
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive

            Black tailored trousers with box pleat and hidden waistband. The front of the trousers has an inverted box pleat, with the inside pleat forming a crease down the centre front. The top of the pleat has a top stitched flap which creates a wide belt loop on the front.

            The back of the trousers has three belt loops, and a buckle tab which tightens across the back seam. The left pocket has a pocket flap, closing with a button, and the right pocket is a double jet, with no flap. There are two darts, both of which extend below the pocket openings. The centre back leg has a pressed crease which runs down the leg. Made in Japan.

            Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme
            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