Not currently on display at the V&A

Overcoat

November 1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Man's long overcoat in charcoal-black wool, double-breasted, and with a black velvet collar and synthetic black lining.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool and velvet and lined with synthetic fibre
Brief description
Man's long overcoat in wool and lined with synthetic fibre, Watson, Fagerstrom & Hughes, London, 1969
Physical description
Man's long overcoat in charcoal-black wool, double-breasted, and with a black velvet collar and synthetic black lining.
Dimensions
  • Shoulder to hem length: 106cm
  • Shoulder width width: 51cm
Measurements taken from outside of garment
Production typeHaute couture
Marks and inscriptions
'WATSON, FAGERSTROM & HUGHES LTD / 20 HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, / LONDON W1' and 'No... 48784 Date ...11/69
NEIL M. ROGERS ESQ' (Tailor's label inside front interior jacket pocket. Personal details handwritten.)
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
Attribution note: Tailoring commission
Collection
Accession number
T.11-1998

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Record createdMay 21, 2007
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