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Skirt Suit

1995 (made)
Artist/Maker
Muir, Jean (designer)
Place of origin
United Kingdom (made)

Woman's two-piece suit comprising jacket and skirt of midnight-blue wool barathea.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Europeana Fashion Project
Object type
Skirt suit
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Skirt
  • Jacket
Materials and techniques
Wool barathea
Wool (Textile)
Brief description
Woman's suit, jacket and skirt, dark blue wool barathea, Jean Muir, British, Autum/Winter 1995.
Physical description
Woman's two-piece suit comprising jacket and skirt of midnight-blue wool barathea.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 0.84kg
Gallery label
(1997)
This suit from Miss Muir's last collection is a perfect testament to her understanding of fabrics and their potential. The neat double-breasted jacket with topstitiched edges is immaculately fitted. It fastens with hand-crafted perspex buttons with notched rims which have been carefully dyed to match the wool. Cut both to fit and to flatter, the short skirt has six tapered panels, top-stitched at the centre front and back.
Credit line
Given by Mr Harry Leuckert, on behalf of Jean Muir Ltd.
Object history
Registered File number 1996/698.
Production
For the Autumn/Winter collection in 1995
Bibliographic reference
De la Haye, Amy (ed.). The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947- 1997. London : V&A Publications, 1997 plate 7
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.217:1, 2-1996

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Record createdSeptember 16, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84279/skirt-suit-muir-jean/
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