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Shooting Jacket

1996 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Hackett’s luxurious shooting suit shows how this sport’s sartorial tradition, begun in the 1800s, remains in place. A coat or jacket with many pockets, breeches or trousers, waistcoat, leggings, gaiters, boots and hat remain de rigueur for the shooting season. The sturdy tweeds and light greenish colours protect the wearer from the elements, are thorn-proof and help provide camouflage. Hackett’s clothes have become synonymous with classic British style ever since the first shop opened in London in 1983. Initially selling quality second-hand clothes and accessories, it expanded to sell their own menswear collection.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool tweed
Brief description
Man's shooting jacket, green and purple checked wool tweed, Great Britian, Hackett, 1996
Physical description
Green and purple checked wool tweed 'shooting' jacket with side pockets.
Gallery label
(1997)
Shooting clothes are designed to provide protection and camouflage. This stylish suit is made in heavy 22oz tweed in sage-green herringbone with a lavender window-pane over-check. The fabric, called 'Country Life', was commissioned by the magazine "Country Life" from Hunters of Brora for Hackett's exclusive use.
Credit line
Given by Jeremy Hackett
Object history
Part of a shooting outfit, T.219:1 to 13-1996.

Registered File number 1996/597.
Summary
Hackett’s luxurious shooting suit shows how this sport’s sartorial tradition, begun in the 1800s, remains in place. A coat or jacket with many pockets, breeches or trousers, waistcoat, leggings, gaiters, boots and hat remain de rigueur for the shooting season. The sturdy tweeds and light greenish colours protect the wearer from the elements, are thorn-proof and help provide camouflage. Hackett’s clothes have become synonymous with classic British style ever since the first shop opened in London in 1983. Initially selling quality second-hand clothes and accessories, it expanded to sell their own menswear collection.
Bibliographic reference
De la Haye, Amy (ed). The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947- 1997. London, England: V&A Publications, 1997, plate 90.
Collection
Accession number
T.219:5-1996

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Record createdMarch 17, 2011
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