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Trouser Suit

1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Shirt, long sleeved with breast pocket, and matching full-length "Oxford bag" flared trousers in blue lyocell (Tencel)

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Trousers
  • Shirt
Materials and techniques
Lyocell (Tencel)
Brief description
Trouser suit, indigo dyed Lyocell (Tencel), Helen Storey, London, 1993
Physical description
Shirt, long sleeved with breast pocket, and matching full-length "Oxford bag" flared trousers in blue lyocell (Tencel)
Dimensions
  • Height: 1600mm
  • Width: 600mm
  • Depth: 540mm
Dims when mounted.
Credit line
Given by the designer
Object history
Registered File number 1993/750 & 1993/758, Streetstyle exhibition 1994-1995, in the exhibition this trouser suit was displayed as a current streetstyle outfit for 1993.

Designed by Helen Storey, Spring/Summer 1993 collection. Helen Storey was the first British designer to be asked to trial Tencel and made the first commercial products from it in Britain.
Production
Spring/Summer 1993 collection.
Bibliographic reference
Surfers, Soulies, Skinheads & Skaters : Subcultural Style from the Forties to the Nineties Not described in the exhibition publication.
Collection
Accession number
T.228:1, 2-1993

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Record createdMay 19, 2009
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