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Suit

Artist/Maker
Watson, Fagerstrom & Hughes (maker)
Place of origin
London (made)
England (made)

Double breasted man's three-piece suit in black and white check wool.


Object details

Categories
Men's Clothes
Fashion
Day Wear
Object type
Suit
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Coat
  • Waistcoat
  • Trousers
Materials and techniques
Wool lined with satin, cotton and nylon, and with velvet, plastic and metal
Wool (Textile)
Cotton (Textile)
Nylon
Metal
Plastic
Satin Weave
Velvet Weave
Brief description
Double breasted man's three-piece suit, made by Watson, Fagerstrom & Hughes, London, 1956, and coat made in 1967
Physical description
Double breasted man's three-piece suit in black and white check wool.
Dimensions
  • Trousers waist (measured inside garment) circumference: 74cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Trousers outside leg length: 111cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Trousers inside leg length: 79cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Trousers crotch depth (front waist to back waist through crotch measured inside garment) length: 79.5cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket waist (measured inside garment) circumference: 91cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket chest (measured inside garment) circumference: 129cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket nape waist length: 52cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket nape hem length: 109.5cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket across back width: 50cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket sleeve (underarm cuff) length: 44cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
  • Jacket sleeve (shoulder cuff) length: 66cm (Note: Measured by Conservation)
Measurements taken from outside of garment
Production typeHaute couture
Object history
Worn by Bunny Rogers, a flamboyant dandy of the post-war period, who was a particular proponent of the Neo-Edwardian style of the late 1940s and 1950s. Acquired as part of a grouping of his clothing by the Museum in 1998.
Production
The coat was probably commissioned at a later date to accompany a separate waistcoat and trousers that had not dated, unlike their original jacket. We do not have the 1956 jacket.

Attribution note: Tailoring commission
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.19:1 to 3-1998

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Record createdMay 21, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O135070/suit-watson-fagerstrom/
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