Plaid wool suit
Fall/winter 1981–82
Materials
Wool
House / label
Perry Ellis Sportswear Inc.
Collection
Fall/winter 1981–82
Archive reference
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1996.61.4a, b
Behind the design
This plaid wool jacket and pleated skirt belong to Perry Ellis’s fall/winter 1981–82 collection. FIT identifies the suit as a preppy revival of late-1940s and early-1950s collegiate dressing. The coordinated plaid and fitted jacket translate familiar campus clothing into a designer wardrobe.
