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Tie Sweater

Jumper
1970 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mr Freedom (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Machine-knitted wool jersey jumper with a trompe l'oeil red and orange striped cravat tie design. Collar, and long sleeves.


Object details

Categories
Men's Clothes
Fashion
Object type
Jumper
TitleTie Sweater (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Machine-knitted wool jersey
Jersey
Knitted
Brief description
Machine-knitted wool jersey jumper 'Tie Sweater', designed by Mr Freedom, Great Britain, 1970
Physical description
Machine-knitted wool jersey jumper with a trompe l'oeil red and orange striped cravat tie design. Collar, and long sleeves.
Production typeReady to wear
Marks and inscriptions
'Mr Freedom, Made in England' (Printed label, pink and blue)
Gallery label
  • In the early 1970s Mr. Freedom led the young fashion pack into bright, brash and fun clothes. This sweater updates Schiaparelli's famous trompe l'oeil 'cravat' jumper of 1927.(1997)
  • 'TIE' SWEATER Machine-knitted wool British; Mr Freedom, 1970 Long sleeved sweater in stocking stitch with ribbed collar, cuffs and lower edge. The intarsia tie creates an illusion comparable with Schiaparelli's 'cravat' design of over forty years earlier. Given by Mr Freedom The Cecil Beaton Collection T.202-1974(1985)
Credit line
Given by Mr Freedom
Object history
Donated by Mr Freedom to the Cecil Beaton Collection.
Association
Beaton, Cecil
Bibliographic reference
Fashion : An Anthology by Cecil Beaton. London : H.M.S.O., 1971 no.104
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.202-1974

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Record createdAugust 28, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83794/tie-sweater-jumper-mr-freedom/
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