Swing Time
Pair of Gloves
1936 (made)
1936 (made)
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Ginger Rogers wore these gloves in the musical number A Fine Romance in the film Swing Time (1936). Bernard Newman designed the costumes and Rogers took a keen interest in the clothes she wore on screen. Newman started his career as a couturier in New York before moving to Hollywood to become head costume designer at the R.K.O. film studio. Newman became Rogers’ favourite costume designer and he liked to sketch his ideas for costumes as Rogers described her characters to him.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are the most famous dance couple in the history of cinema. The couple made ten musical films together and worked with some of the greatest composers of the 20th century including Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter. The Astaire and Rogers partnership was established with a successful formula of music, choreography, costume and set design, which were all brilliantly fused together.
The British Film Institute (BFI) acquired its costume collection for display at the Museum of the Moving Image, which existed on the South Bank in London between 1988 and 1999. The collection is made up of British, European, American and Japanese films and covers the period from the silent film era to the mid-1990s. It contains a wealth of historic and significant film costumes worn by major performers and designed by some of the 20th century’s most important film costume designers. The collection was transferred to the V&A in 2015.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are the most famous dance couple in the history of cinema. The couple made ten musical films together and worked with some of the greatest composers of the 20th century including Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter. The Astaire and Rogers partnership was established with a successful formula of music, choreography, costume and set design, which were all brilliantly fused together.
The British Film Institute (BFI) acquired its costume collection for display at the Museum of the Moving Image, which existed on the South Bank in London between 1988 and 1999. The collection is made up of British, European, American and Japanese films and covers the period from the silent film era to the mid-1990s. It contains a wealth of historic and significant film costumes worn by major performers and designed by some of the 20th century’s most important film costume designers. The collection was transferred to the V&A in 2015.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Swing Time (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Leather decorated with top stitching, fastening with a resin[?] button. |
| Brief description | A pair of tan leather gloves worn by Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time, 1936 |
| Physical description | A pair of tan leather gloves worn by Ginger Rogers in the film Swing Time, 1936. The gloves fit closely to the hand. The upper side of the gloves are decorated with three lines of dark brown top stitching. A band of dark brown leather has been used to decorate the cuff of the glove, which closes with a single button. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Film Institute |
| Summary | Ginger Rogers wore these gloves in the musical number A Fine Romance in the film Swing Time (1936). Bernard Newman designed the costumes and Rogers took a keen interest in the clothes she wore on screen. Newman started his career as a couturier in New York before moving to Hollywood to become head costume designer at the R.K.O. film studio. Newman became Rogers’ favourite costume designer and he liked to sketch his ideas for costumes as Rogers described her characters to him. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are the most famous dance couple in the history of cinema. The couple made ten musical films together and worked with some of the greatest composers of the 20th century including Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern and Cole Porter. The Astaire and Rogers partnership was established with a successful formula of music, choreography, costume and set design, which were all brilliantly fused together. The British Film Institute (BFI) acquired its costume collection for display at the Museum of the Moving Image, which existed on the South Bank in London between 1988 and 1999. The collection is made up of British, European, American and Japanese films and covers the period from the silent film era to the mid-1990s. It contains a wealth of historic and significant film costumes worn by major performers and designed by some of the 20th century’s most important film costume designers. The collection was transferred to the V&A in 2015. |
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| Accession number | S.1699:1 to 2-2105 |
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| Record created | May 29, 2015 |
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