Trousers
1968 (made)
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During the 1960s in London Gordon Deighton was the Fashion Coordinator of the very popular 'Trend' department of Simpsons of Piccadilly. There he designed and sold stylish menswear within a somewhat staid department store setting. In one ensemble, Deighton combined this pair of blue silk tie-dyed trousers with a pink cotton shirt with eyelet front. The pale colours and a playful application of the tie-dye technique demonstrate an increasing sartorial choice available to young British men. Deighton said of his design aesthetic, 'I suppose it boils down to a question of taste and my own standards of colour, fabric and design.'
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tie-dyed silk, twill weave |
| Brief description | Trousers of twill weave blue tie-dyed silk designed by Gordon Deighton for Simpsons of Piccadilly, Britain, 1968 |
| Physical description | Trousers of twill weave blue tie-dyed silk. |
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| Credit line | Given by Gordon Deighton |
| Summary | During the 1960s in London Gordon Deighton was the Fashion Coordinator of the very popular 'Trend' department of Simpsons of Piccadilly. There he designed and sold stylish menswear within a somewhat staid department store setting. In one ensemble, Deighton combined this pair of blue silk tie-dyed trousers with a pink cotton shirt with eyelet front. The pale colours and a playful application of the tie-dye technique demonstrate an increasing sartorial choice available to young British men. Deighton said of his design aesthetic, 'I suppose it boils down to a question of taste and my own standards of colour, fabric and design.' |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | T.881-2000 |
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| Record created | February 26, 2001 |
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