Object: Man's suit
Brand:
J. Press
(American, founded 1902)
Date: c. 1975
Medium: Wool
Country: USA
Credit Line: Museum purchase
Object number: 2012.37.1
DescriptionMan's dark grey flannel suit in wool; jacket with notch collar; matching pants with turned up cuffs
Label Text:The gray flannel suit became the unofficial uniform of the white collar American businessman during the mid-twentieth century. The suit’s ubiquity inspired the title of the 1955 book The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, in which the suit is a symbol of the middle class suburban experience in a postwar culture focused on upward mobility. The suit was worn to give the wearer increased social power, but it was also a sign of conformity.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- Power Mode
- Ivy Style