Object: Suit
Designer:
Adrian
(1903 - 1959)
Date: c. 1948
Medium: Wool
Country: USA
Credit Line: Gift of Anonymous Donor
Object number: 2010.1.52
DescriptionLight grey wool suit with jacket and skirt; asymmetrical fitted tailored jacket with off-center curved front closure and oversize left lapel with tailored buttonholes and light brown buttons, diagonal curving seamed panels at right front and upper back; fitted straight skirt with waistband and double kick pleat at CF hem
Label Text:Adrian was renowned for his sharply tailored suits. While the term “power dressing” today is often associated with the shoulder-padded suits of the 1980s, the dominant style of the 1940s was also a “masculine” proportioned suit. Broad shouldered jackets paired with narrow-hipped skirts minimized the “feminine” curves of the wearer.
Exhibitions:
- Power Mode