The block-printed design of the liner fabric first appeared in about 1912 and was constantly re-issued – most lately within the Seventies. The cloche hat worn with it here may be very typical of the Twenties. Photograph, Baron de Meyer Photograph, fashion examine Baron de Meyer ( ) 1920 Museum no. PH. Copyright Estate of Baron de Meyer This fashion study shows two models at a garden desk, sporting wide brimmed summer time hats over trendy bobbed hair.
It originated from the ‘lounging jacket’, which was minimize to fit the waist and not using a waist seam via an extended dart from under the arm to the waist. By the 1870s the jacket was worn with matching waistcoat and trousers and had turn into popular for informal put on. In the early 20th century it replaced the frock coat and the morning coat.
The simple silhouette meant that it might be worn both as a dress or with trousers. Kay, Ossie Clark’s sister, wore it as a mini-dress when Clark married Celia Birtwell in 1968.
Worn with both matching or contrasting drainpipe trousers, stiff shirts and brocade waistcoats. The wool jacket also had many pockets and was worn with loud …