Evening suit
This evening suit is a top-of-the-line French-made formal suit from the early 20th century. This particular example is notable for being in its original form. The style was the most formal type of men's dress wear, known as "white tie."
Artwork Details
- Title: Evening suit
- Department Store: Maurice
- Date: 1905
- Culture: French
- Medium: wool
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Maurice Volpe, 1956
- Object Number: 2009.300.222a–c
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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