Man's suit
Brand
J. Press
(American, founded 1902)
c. 1975
Wool
Museum purchase
Object number2012.37.1
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.
DescriptionMan's dark grey flannel suit in wool; jacket with notch collar; matching pants with turned up cuffsCollections
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