Skirt Suit

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

Tailored jacket and skirt in cream and navy checked wool

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Categories	Fashion Clothing Day Wear Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Skirt suit
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. Jacket Skirt
Materials and techniques	wool, tailored Wool Tailoring Weaving
Brief description	Skirt suit, 1942, British; Utility, probably designed by Bianca Mosca, Board of Trade pattern 25 suit, F, 1942, British; Mosca, Bianca? for Utility. Navy and white check tweed. BT25
Physical description	Tailored jacket and skirt in cream and navy checked wool
Dimensions	T.44 1942 length: 66cm (at back) (Note: measurement converted from department register) T.44 1942 width: 40.6cm (across shoulders) (Note: measurement converted from department register) T.44 a 1942 length: 74.3cm (Note: measurement converted from department register) T.44 a 1942 circumference: 66cm (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
Production	Original inventory tag found in pocket, initialled B.M for Bianca Mosca.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.44&A-1942

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Record created	November 22, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140896/skirt-suit-mosca-bianca/

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