Time Machine
Suit
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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Mid-pink and grey wool tweed suit.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Time Machine (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Wool tweed |
| Brief description | Wool tweed suit 'Time Machine', designed by Vivienne Westwood, Great Britain, 1988 |
| Physical description | Mid-pink and grey wool tweed suit. |
| Gallery label | Vivienne Westwood consistently re-defines Britain's country clothing and textile traditions. For the urban fashion market of the late 1980s, she re-worked the Norfolk suit, first introduced in the 1860s. It is fastened with the designer's signature orb motif buttons and has a matching cap.(1997) |
| Credit line | Given by David Barber, in memory of Rupert Michael Dolan |
| Object history | Registered File number 1991/2009. Worn with cap T.261:3-1991. |
| Production | Autumn / Winter Collection 1988 |
| Bibliographic reference | De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997. p. 121
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.261:1, 2-1991 |
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| Record created | October 8, 2003 |
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