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© Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Object record

Teddy Boy waistcoat

mid 1950s

Materials

Black and pink silk

House / label

Maker unrecorded

Collection

1950s

Archive reference

Victoria and Albert Museum · T.944-1994

Behind the design

The V&A records this British silk waistcoat as part of a Teddy Boy outfit and dates it to the mid 1950s. Its maker is unknown. The museum identifies the waistcoat’s material as black and pink silk; the shirt and other display elements visible in the photograph are not part of this catalogue record.

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