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Man’s blue denim suit: button down jacket with 4 large flap pockets and matching wide leg pants
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Man’s blue denim suit: button down jacket with 4 large flap pockets and matching wide leg pants
Man's suit
Brand
c. 1973
Denim
Italy
Gift of Chip Tolbert
Object number85.161.8
During the 1970s, denim made its debut as a suiting material. At the same time, the “leisure suit” emerged as a fixture of the fashionable man’s wardrobe. Leisure suits were characterized by their relaxed, elongated jackets, and were often paired with flared pants. The all-denim leisure suit seen here is a clear homage to Yves Saint Laurent’s unisex safari suits and jackets.
DescriptionMan's denim suit; blue denim with orange topstitching; safari styling, slightly fitted at waist; shirt collar on separate band; long sleeves with one button cuffs; epaulette bands; top front and back shirred into set-in waistband; one button reverse scalloped flap envelope pockets at left and right chest and front hips; five button center front closure. Matching pants; six beltloop tab front waistband, wide slightly flared leg; fly front zipper closure
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