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Rock and Pop Costume

ca. 1984 (made)

Costume consisting of:
Pink canvas jacket with black wooden toggles. The left sleeve and back of the jacket have a patch on with the name Adam Ant and the tour name 'Strip', there is also a woman dressed in green as Puss 'N' Boots. Above the right breast pocket is a black strip with gold, pink and blue stripes appliqued onto the jacket. The epaulettes have black, yellow and gold stripes. The right hand sleeve has the letter 'B' appliqued on to the costume in yellow.
Pink canvas trousers with a gold, yellow and black strip appliqued onto the seams on the outside leg of the trousers. Attached pink belt with gold buckle.
Green cotton tie.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 4 parts.
(Some alternative part names are also shown below)
  • Rock and Pop Costume
  • Theatre Costume
  • Jacket
  • Rock and Pop Costume
  • Theatre Costume
  • Trousers
  • Rock and Pop Costume
  • Theatre Costume
  • Tie
  • Rock and Pop Costume
  • Theatre Costume
  • Belt
Materials and techniques
Brief description
Costume worn by Barry Watts, of Adam Ant's band, on the 1984 tour.
Physical description
Costume consisting of:
Pink canvas jacket with black wooden toggles. The left sleeve and back of the jacket have a patch on with the name Adam Ant and the tour name 'Strip', there is also a woman dressed in green as Puss 'N' Boots. Above the right breast pocket is a black strip with gold, pink and blue stripes appliqued onto the jacket. The epaulettes have black, yellow and gold stripes. The right hand sleeve has the letter 'B' appliqued on to the costume in yellow.
Pink canvas trousers with a gold, yellow and black strip appliqued onto the seams on the outside leg of the trousers. Attached pink belt with gold buckle.
Green cotton tie.
Dimensions
  • Jacket, trousers, tie and belt weight: 3.10kg
  • Tie, width width: 7cm
  • Tie, length length: 86cm
  • Trousers, hip width, laid flat width: 42cm
  • Trousers, waist to hem, laid flat length: 93cm
  • Belt, width width: 3cm
  • Beslt, length, laid flat length: 100cm
  • Jacket, shoulder width, laid flat width: 55cm
  • Jacket, collar to hem, laid flat length: 61cm
Credit line
Given by Stuart Leslie Goddard (Adam Ant)
Collection
Accession number
S.1502:1 to 3-2010

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Record createdMarch 30, 2011
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