Fashion Nerds

The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Gift of Joseph S. Simms, 1982. Object record

Suit

early 1950s

Materials

silk

House / label

Irene

Collection

early 1950s

Archive reference

1982.116.2a, b

Behind the design

This pale suit pairs a shaped jacket with a matching skirt. A dark collar insert and cuffs focus attention on the upper body. The Met dates it to the early 1950s, records silk, and identifies the designer as Irene together with the department store Bullocks Wilshire.

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