Medium: Gray wool flannel and cotton pique

Date: Fall 2006

Country: USA

Credit: Museum purchase

Browne's gray flannel and white cotton pique suit is a brilliant example of blending old and new. Abiding by conventional aesthetics while embracing contemporary elements like reconstruction, this New York-based tailor has been pushing the perimeters of male dressing since the late 1990s. Beginning with the concept of deconstruction -- or taking garments apart to reveal their inner structure -- reconstruction is a process that reconfigures those disassembled parts in new ways. Browne took apart the three-piece suit by removing the arms of the jacket and placing them on the waistcoat, or vest.

Object Number: 2006.16.1