Not currently on display at the V&A

Suit

November 1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Single-breasted man's casual three-piece suit in black and white novelty check linen in alternating blocks of hounds tooth and gingham check patterns.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Coat
  • Waistcoat
  • Trousers
Materials and techniques
Linen lined with synthetic fibre and cotton, and plastic and metal
Brief description
Single-breasted man's casual three-piece suit, made by Watson, Fagerstrom & Hughes, London, 1974
Physical description
Single-breasted man's casual three-piece suit in black and white novelty check linen in alternating blocks of hounds tooth and gingham check patterns.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 1.64kg
Measurements taken from outside of garment
Production typeHaute couture
Marks and inscriptions
'WATSON, FAGERSTROM & HUGHES LTD / 16 HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, / LONDON W1' and No... 53253 Date ...11/74
NEIL M. ROGERS ESQ (Tailor's label inside front interior jacket pocket, duplicated in interior of trousers. Personal details handwritten)
Object history
Worn by Bunny Rogers, a flamboyant dandy of the post-war period, who was a particular proponent of the Neo-Edwardian style of the late 1940s and 1950s. Acquired as part of a grouping of his clothing by the Museum in 1998
Production
Attribution note: Tailoring commission
Collection
Accession number
T.17:1 to 3-1998

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Record createdMay 21, 2007
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