Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Object record

Suit

late 1960s

Materials

wool

House / label

PBM (manufacturer)

Collection

late 1960s

Archive reference

1976.368.5a, b; Bill Blass, designer; PBM, manufacturer; Bonwit Teller & Co., department store

Behind the design

A bold windowpane check covers the jacket and trousers. The Met connects the design to a plaid suit worn by the Duke of Windsor, distinguishing Blass’s reference from the Regency and Edwardian dandies influencing other late-1960s menswear.

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