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Time Machine
Vivienne Westwood, born 1941 - Enlarge image
Time Machine
- Object:
Suit
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)
- Date:
1988 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Vivienne Westwood, born 1941 (designer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Wool tweed
- Credit Line:
Given by David Barber, in memory of Rupert Michael Dolan
- Museum number:
T.261:1, 2-1991
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
Mid-pink and grey wool tweed suit.
[Jacket] Norfolk style jacket with orb motif buttons.
[Trousers] Trousers with orb motif buttons.
Place of Origin
Great Britain, United Kingdom (made)
Date
1988 (made)
Artist/maker
Vivienne Westwood, born 1941 (designer)
Materials and Techniques
Wool tweed
Object history note
Registered File number 1991/2009. Worn with cap T.261:3-1991.
Descriptive line
Wool tweed suit 'Time Machine', designed by Vivienne Westwood, Great Britain, 1988
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997. p. 121
Exhibition History
The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997 (Victoria and Albert Museum 06/03/1997-27/07/1997)
Labels and date
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]
Production Note
Autumn / Winter Collection 1988
Materials
Tweed
Categories
Fashion; Men's clothes
Collection code
T&F
