Skirt Suit
1952 (made)
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Frederick Starke was known for his exceptionally smart, top-quality ready-to-wear fashions. This three-piece has a crisp white cotton blouse, slimline straight skirt and croppped matador jacket with curved front panels. The eye-catching satin cummerbund on to which the jacket fastens with self-covered buttons. Captivated by a photograph of it in Vogue, Mrs Sampson chose this dashing ensemble for her going-away outfit.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Merino wool and satin |
| Brief description | Jacket and skirt of wool with a pleated cummerbund sash on which the jacket fastens with buttons, designed by Frederick Starke, Great Britain 1952 |
| Physical description | Jacket and skirt of pigeon-grey wool. With a crimson satin pleated cummerbund sash on which the jacket fastens with self-covered buttons. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Ruth Sampson |
| Object history | Part of an outfit T.643:1 to 5-1996. |
| Production | Ready to wear |
| Summary | Frederick Starke was known for his exceptionally smart, top-quality ready-to-wear fashions. This three-piece has a crisp white cotton blouse, slimline straight skirt and croppped matador jacket with curved front panels. The eye-catching satin cummerbund on to which the jacket fastens with self-covered buttons. Captivated by a photograph of it in Vogue, Mrs Sampson chose this dashing ensemble for her going-away outfit. |
| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated in Christine Bodyell, Horrockses' Fashions: Off-the-Peg Style in the '40s and '50s (London: V&A Publishing, 2010), p. 26, pl. 1.8. |
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| Accession number | T.643:1, 2-1996 |
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| Record created | September 16, 2003 |
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