My current love affair with waistcoats continues, so I was delighted to find some excellent examples on display at the Man and Boy exhibition at Tennant's Auction house in Leyburn.
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My father spoke of being 'britched' at the age of twelve. This was when he moved from wearing the short trousers of childhood and moved into long pants. I don't recall him telling me that anyone had put coins in his pockets!
This French-made outfit is so beautiful with its variety of stripes and buttons and embroidered waistcoat. Lots going on and yet the effect remains quietly and elegantly understated.
I like that the original owners of some of these garments is known. Master Baines must have been a very good little boy as his white pants are in excellent condition. No tree climbing for him!
Pupils in Bristol still wear an outfit that resembles this York Blue Coat school uniform.
But the state-funded school outfit in corduroy looks far more comfortable.
What great names - any bloggers out there who consider themselves Mashers or Swells?
A good talk promised for the 15th, not to mention cake! Sadly I'll no longer be in the Dales to attend.
Fascinating! Thank you for sharing the pictures and accompanying words, it is almost like having been at the exhibition.
ReplyDeleteWe have a Fashion Museum here at Ludwigsburg Palace; I've been to it once but photography is forbidden, as some of the fabric is very delicate and exposure to light is kept to a minimum.
I love sailor suits and dresses! When my niece was one year old, I gave her a sailor dress for her birthday. It was her first time ever in a dress, and she loved it! She kept swinging the little skirt around her toddler legs, laughing all the time.
It was a lovely display, well curated with plenty of written explanation.
DeleteI dressed my daughters in sailor suits and dresses when they were small, navy top with white trimmings and a white pleated skirt and a navy dresses, homemade. One of my favourite looks.
What a great exhibition! The embroidered waistcoats and coats are amazing. I've seen pictures of how they make them, with the embroidered decoration laid out like a puzzle and stitched first on the uncut piece of fabric, then the various parts of the garment cut and then sewn, with the embroidery finishing up adorning all the edges.
ReplyDeleteI bought some 30s woollen sailors trousers with the big button flaps like the boy's brown corduroy suit above. Fun to wear but, by golly, you never want to be in a hurry to "go". There is a lot of fussing with buttons for us ladies!
That's the problem that has stopped me buying a boiler suit, you have to crawl out of the whole damn thing if you want a little pee!
DeleteMy clothing weaknesses are waistcoats and sailor suits.
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