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Duffle Jacket

Doll's Jacket
1976-1977 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Palitoy (manufacturers)
Place of origin
Coalville (designed)
Hong Kong (manufactured)

Packaged Action Man duffle jacket.

1. Packaging, card printed in red, blue and pale blue with black on white to show titles.

2. Miniature duffle jacket made from dark green wool fabric with press stud fastening below three tan toggle buttons. 'Action Man' cloth label at neck.

Object details

Categories
Dolls
Fashion
Play
Military
Character Merchandise
Object type
Doll's jacket
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Packaging
  • Duffle Coat
Titles
  • Duffle Jacket (manufacturer's title)
  • Action Man Equipment Centre (series title)
Materials and techniques
Wool clothing contained in plastic bag with sheet of printed card
Wool
Card
Machine Sewing
Printing
Brief description
Action Man Outfit, duffle coat, English/Hong Kong; 1976/7
Physical description
Packaged Action Man duffle jacket.

1. Packaging, card printed in red, blue and pale blue with black on white to show titles.

2. Miniature duffle jacket made from dark green wool fabric with press stud fastening below three tan toggle buttons. 'Action Man' cloth label at neck.
Dimensions
  • Height: 215mm
  • Width: 165mm
  • Depth: 5mm
Production typeMass produced
Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
Fashion and action

People wear different clothes for different occasions, and so do our dolls.

These two sailors have lots of different outfits to choose from. One of them was originally designed for a boy and the other for a girl, but if you think about it, they aren’t that different.

[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, Small Worlds, group object label]
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Production
This was part of a series of similar sets of uniforms without the additional equipment such as boots and guns, manufactured under the title 'Action Man Equipment Centre.'
Subject depicted
Duffle Coats
Other number
34285 - catalogue number
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1155:1, 2-1993

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O35993/duffle-jacket-dolls-jacket-palitoy/
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