Suit

Published/Created:
1940
Date Depicted:
1993
1940 AD - 1950 AD
Notes:
Checked tweed suit (unlined) has shirt cuffs, covered buttons, pleated front high waisted trousers and a bound waist of satin instead of a band to give a slimming effect. The Duke is considered among the very best dressed men in the world during his lifet
Associated Names:
Savile Row, founded, 1992 [Designer]
Topics:
Commercial Design -- United States -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Costume -- United States -- History -- (LC)
Culture:
American
Accession Number:
4393-146
Genre:
costume (mode of fashion) (AAT)
fashion illustrations (AAT)
Format:
Image
Content Type:
Clothing & Accessories
Paintings & Drawings
Rights:
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Access Restrictions:
Yale Community Only
Source Creator:
Button, Jeanne and Sbarge, Stephen
Source Title:
History of Costume, In Slides, Notes and Commentaries: Volume 6
Source Created:
New York, NY
Theatre Arts Slide Presentations
1993
Call Number:
GT513 +B87 6 (LC)
Yale Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Digital Collection:
Visual Resources Collection
Original Repository:
New York, NY: Fashion Institute of Technology
OID:
10642306
PID:
digcoll:1842375