Skirt Suit

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Artist/Maker	Utility (designed for) Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (producer (collection)) Amies, Edwin Hardy (designer)
Place of origin	London (made)

Tailored jacket and skirt in blue and brown plaid wool

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Categories	Fashion Clothing Day Wear Womenswear
Object type	Skirt suit
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Jacket Skirt
Materials and techniques	wool plaid, tailored Wool Tailoring Weaving
Brief description	Skirt suit, 1942, English; Utility, probably designed by Hardy Amies. Board of Trade pattern 11
Physical description	Tailored jacket and skirt in blue and brown plaid wool
Dimensions	T.49 1942 length: 71.1cm (of back) (Note: measurement converted from department register) T.49 1942 width: 40.6cm (across shoulders) (Note: measurement converted from department register) T.49 a 1942 length: 73cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) T.49 a 1942 circumference: 66cm (of waist) (Note: measurement converted from department register)
Production type	Ready to wear
Credit line	Given by the Board of Trade, through Sir Thomas Barlow, Director-General of Civilian Clothing
Object history	The Hardy Amies archive collection includes a late 1930s suit made from this woollen fabric.
Production	The Hardy Amies archive collection includes a late 1930s suit made from this woollen fabric.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.49&A-1942

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Record created	November 22, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140893/skirt-suit-amies-edwin-hardy/

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