Suit
The well-dressed man of the 1930s was particularly concerned with impeccable cut and fit, which could only be achieved through custom tailoring and labor-intensive workmanship. This three-piece business suit by the highly regarded French tailor F. Cruwys shows that attention to detail, especially in the diamond-shaped piecing at the center back and the four-inch diagonal back darts.
Artwork Details
- Title: Suit
- Department Store: F. Cruwys
- Date: 1933
- Culture: French
- Medium: wool
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Stanley Mortimer, 1974
- Object Number: 2009.300.963a–c
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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F. Cruwys
1937
F. Cruwys
1936–38
Multiple artists/makers
spring/summer 1963
Patrick Kelly
1989
Yves Saint Laurent
fall/winter 1965–66
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