Suit
In an act of postwar revelry, Adrian produced extravagant suits featuring multiple collars, revers, and pockets. One jacket possesses a generous collar and features extra revers with buttons that migrate to the sleeve in a faintly surrealistic transposition. The boxy coat reveals a multitude of pockets, both functional and decorative, angled and disposed with Adrian's signature idiosyncratic whimsy.
Artwork Details
- Title: Suit
- Designer: Gilbert Adrian (American, Naugatuck, Connecticut 1903–1959 Hollywood, California)
- Date: spring/summber 1948
- Culture: American
- Medium: wool, bone
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Carel Goldschmidt, 1962
- Object Number: C.I.X.62.6.3a, b
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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