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Dressing Up

Trouser Suit
1991 (made)
Artist/Maker
Vivienne Westwood (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Red wool jacket and trousers.

Object details

Categories
Fashion
Womenswear
Object type
Trouser suit
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Trousers
  • Jacket
TitleDressing Up (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Wool and velvet trim
Wool (Textile)
Velvet Weave
Brief description
Woollen trouser suit 'Dressing Up', designed by Vivienne Westwood, Great Britain, 1991
Physical description
Red wool jacket and trousers.
Gallery label
(1997)
Made in a brillant red inspired by hunting 'pink', this suit was part of Viviene westwood's 'Dressing Up' collection. It consists of a velvet trimmed, single-breasted cropped jacket and straight-cut trousers. The blouse features a jabot, a decorative device worn by men in the 17th century which became fashionable for women in the 1870s and 1880s.
Credit line
Given by Vivienne Westwood
Object history
Registered File number 1991/2080. Worn with shirt T.191-1991.
Production
Autumn/Winter Collection 1991-1992
Bibliographic reference
De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.190:1, 2-1991

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Record createdSeptember 18, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84371/dressing-up-trouser-suit-vivienne-westwood/
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