P90.25.6

Images (3)

Sporting Life_19 Left to right P84.23.1 (suit), 2001.47.3 (textile wall), P91.86.2 (sweater ensemble), P90.25.6 (jacket and skirt), 71.255.38, 93.110.13, 89.17.150 (shoes and hat case)

Sporting Life_20 Left to right P90.25.6 (jacket and skirt), 85.10.1 (golf club), P92.15.1 (top and skirt)

Object: Suit

Brand: Mimi Pearce

Date: c.1939

Medium: Rayon knit

Country: USA

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Object number: P90.25.6

DescriptionJacket: navy hand knit with navy and red stripe trim; high notched collar; long sleeve; slightly fitted at waist; patch pocket left and right front; 7 self covered button center front closing. Matching skirt; ribknit with waist yoke; elasticized waist.

Label Text:Colorful, often patterned, knit sweater and skirt sets were commonly worn as golf attire during the 1930s. The New York Times reported in 1938 that “golf seems to be more universal than ever.” In terms of dress, there was no single dominant style. “Each woman selects a distinctly individual costume,whose type is influenced by her own taste, her figure, and naturally, by the class of club where she intends to play.”

In Collection(s)

1930s

Exhibitions:

Elegance in an Age of Crisis: Fashions from the 1930s
Sporting Life