Not on display

Suit

1969 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This eye-catching suit was designed and made for ICI by Savile Row tailors Kilgour French and Stanbury. It was created as a model to show the ready-to-wear industry that the new polyester fibre Textel could be tailored successfully.The design combines streamlined styling with modernistic fabric and zip detailing ,and was clearly influenced by the moon landing of 1969.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Jacket
  • Trousers
Materials and techniques
Textel (ICI polyester)
Brief description
Man's suit consisting of a jacket in Textel (ICI polyester) and trousers, designed by Kilgour French & Stanbury, Great Britain, 1969
Physical description
Man's suit consisting of brown and yellow jacket in Textel (ICI polyester) with a brown-blue trim and detail seams, and a pair of blue-brown slim trousers.
Gallery label
(1997)
This eye-catching suit, was designed and made for ICI by Savile Row tailors Kilgour French & Stanbury. It was a model to show the ready-to-wear industry that the new polyester fibre Textel could be tailored successfully. The design combines streamlined styling with modernistic fabric and zip detailing, and was clearly influenced by the moon landing of 1969.
Credit line
Given by Bernard Weatherill
Summary
This eye-catching suit was designed and made for ICI by Savile Row tailors Kilgour French and Stanbury. It was created as a model to show the ready-to-wear industry that the new polyester fibre Textel could be tailored successfully.The design combines streamlined styling with modernistic fabric and zip detailing ,and was clearly influenced by the moon landing of 1969.
Bibliographic reference
De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997.
Collection
Accession number
T.464:1, 2-1996

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Record createdOctober 7, 2003
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